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Other Questions: Voluntary Sector Funding (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to restore State funding to an organisation (details supplied). [18784/18]

Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres here; and her plans to roll out more centres. [18787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans with regard to recruiting more social workers. [18786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Guidelines (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with an organisation (details supplied); if she has received a copy of the Elliott report; and her plans to ensure good governance and probity within the organisation. [18783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the State should have a representative on the board of an organisation (details supplied) to protect the interests of taxpayers. [18785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of Ireland's involvement in contributing to the humanitarian effort in Syria. [18643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate PCP finance packages particularly in the car loan finance sector. [19067/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes implemented in the school transport scheme ahead of the next round of school bus places being allocated; the meetings he has held on the matter; and if the concerns of parents who have paid for tickets and are not guaranteed a place will be considered. [18749/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (1 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the responses issued to the appeal made by the parents of a child (details supplied) for the provision of school bus services. [18750/18]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement his Department has had with credit union representative bodies (details supplied) regarding the future of the rural post office network and the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18903/18]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Apologies have been received from Deputy Dara Murphy and Senator Diarmuid Wilson. The usual provisos apply to the use of mobile phones. In accordance with the standard procedures agreed to by the committee, all documentation for the meeting has been circulated to members on the documents database. I propose that we go into private session to deal with a number of matters.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00039/17. The petitioner believes the closure of the Dáil bar would be in the public interest as Leinster House is a place of work and should lead by example. It is proposed that the Committee on Public Petitions deem the petition to be inadmissible under Standing Order 111C(1)(b) on the grounds that it does not comply with Standing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I had to attend another committee to defend an amendment on an item of legislation, so I apologise if I repeat any earlier questions. I have read the submissions, which I found fascinating, and have listened to the witnesses. Will Dr. McCrory tell us about the cohort for Growing Up in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Is the programme funded entirely by the Health Research Board, HRB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Is Growing Up in Ireland funded in its entirety by HRB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: It is a longitudinal study.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Dr. McCrory said that 19% of children aged three are overweight and 6% are obese and that 50% of obese children will become obese adolescents. How do we disrupt the behaviour? What happens to the other 50% who do not become obese? Where do the two cohorts separate, one becoming obese and the other non-obese? This committee's goal is to support anything that disrupts behaviour. Both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I was going to come to that. My next question was going to be about the zero to three-year age category. Dr. McCrory spoke about breastfeeding and it being a disrupter of obesity in kids. Will he give me some sense of how we can disrupt behaviours at a much earlier age?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Some 54% of parents of overweight children and 20% of parents of obese children in the Growing Up in Ireland cohort reported that they were about the right weight for their height. Will Dr. McCrory help us to understand how it is possible to get into those houses? He made a specific reference to lower socio-economic groups having a greater propensity towards obesity. If children have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The metrics Dr. McCrory has shown us create a picture that is - I am not saying it is dystopian - negative. If we are talking about a longitudinal societal scenario, for want of a better expression, the future does not look too bright. Is Dr. McCrory suggesting we have more public health nurses at the very early intervention stage and that their role be expanded? We all know what they do...