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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: How much is it per school?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. McCorry. There is a number of witnesses I have to return to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Will Ms Heneghan address the issue of insurance, which a number of members raised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Heneghan. While I accept that gets around the problem of insurance, I feel that it is a shame that sometimes when we, as a Government and as a society, invest in infrastructural equipment which will only be used during certain hours of the day, 183 days a year, we do not grant access to others who could use it on the other days of the year. We need to start moving towards more...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Students will be expected to participate whether they take it as an examination subject or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Griffin. Does Mr. Ward wish to make a final comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: On behalf of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: It relates to physical infrastructure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: That is a fair point. I ask Mr. Ward to raise it in the Department and come back to us through the clerk. On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses for coming before us. We had a very informative and interesting discussion. We have learned a lot from their insights and observations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: We will continue our discussion on tackling obesity and the promotion of healthy eating in schools. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones because they interfere with the sound systems impacting on broadcasting and the parliamentary reporters who are covering this meeting. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their patience in bearing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Macey, and I appreciate his keeping to time. Next are Dr. Foley-Nolan and Ms Gilligan from safefood.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Dr. Foley-Nolan can take her time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I will go easy on you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Gilligan. We have Ms Kate O'Flaherty and Mr. Liam McCormack from the Department of Health. Who wants to start?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you, Ms O'Flaherty. Does Mr. McCormack have anything to add?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I will turn to the members in that case. I have a few queries myself. Mr. Macey spoke about vending machines. We had a debate earlier on. Is it his view that vending machines should be banned outright? There is a divergence of opinion in that regard. On the sugar tax that will be coming in, one of the recommendations was that it should be ring-fenced. There would certainly be a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Okay, thank you, Senator. I will go back to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Please be very quick.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you. I will go back to the witnesses from safefood for comments on the questions the members asked.