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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I thank Ms McCloat. Before I open up the discussion to members, I ask the third level educators to outline quickly the changes that are being made in the junior cycle curriculum around the practical application of the teaching of home economics. How will this propose to improve the ability of teachers to teach the subject and, it is hoped, bring a good level of retention within students?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: That intervention has been helpful. I will now open up the discussion to members and call Deputy Mitchell first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: Can Dr. Mooney repeat the title for the HSE staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: During the course of discussions in the Committee on Education and Skills the importance of making PE a compulsory subject was discussed. We were told that it would cost more than €1 billion to provide the kind of facilities necessary to make it a compulsory subject. I feel that it would link in with what the witnesses are trying to achieve. Is there a model with which we could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: Senator Warfield has hit the nail on the head regarding the stereotyping of home economics. As Ms Barry noted, most students, including me, had a choice between a practical subject or home economics in first year at around the same time. In the 1980s, I did not have any practical reason to choose the subject so I chose something else. As the witnesses implied, being exposed to it through...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: Ms Hickey mentioned that in 1989 home economics was made compulsory in Japan for students up to junior cycle equivalent in to teach young people nutrition and food skills. If I am not mistaken, this was also done in Northern Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: What has been learned from the experience in Northern Ireland? Can Ms McCloat envisage a process by which we could start an initiative to give it practical application? Bearing in mind the role of the joint committee, we shadow many Departments, as we have found in the past few years. This is another example of where we will cross into other Departments and make recommendations to other...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: Do the home economics classroom layouts work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: It is good to hear that they are on the ball. The last thing one wants to hear about is wasteful expenditure. I wish to address a question to Dr. Matvienko-Sikar regarding to the crossover on the provision of HSE services to aid interventions for young children, in particular those who might be obese, and the solutions. Home management advisers was mentioned by Dr. Mooney, a service that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: With regard to her studies, does Ms Matvienko-Sikar feel that the network of public health nurses is sufficiently resourced, and not just financially, to tackle this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: This is an inter-related question for all the witnesses regarding the balance throughout the country. Is the home management adviser and outreach programme universal? Is it in place throughout the country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I wonder why it is not on our side of the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: It might be a matter for the Department of Health, although I am not certain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I was horrified the first time somebody showed me - I will not mention the product - the content of a particular drink and the equivalent amount of sugar. I think I was 11 or 12 years old when somebody showed it to me. People had no idea but that has all changed now, at least for some of these products. They have all gone sugar free but I distinctly remember that. I think this falls...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I know what the Deputy is talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: That is a perfectly reasonable remark. I am looking at food labelling more frequently of late. I find myself saying, "hang on, the product is 400 g and this label is talking about 75 g."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I then need to work that out the figure and how much of the product I will use if I am cooking or whatever. This is an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I understand most packaging these days features a measurement of 100 g or equivalent and a recommended daily amount, RDA, which, in fairness, is helpful in trying to cross compare. This is most likely a requirement. Dr. Mooney is right, however, that the only reasonable way to do this is to have two products for comparative purposes. Is there anything else? Is Senator Warfield happy enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for their presentations today and dealing with members' questions so comprehensibly. I propose that we suspend for a few minutes to allow the next group of witnesses to take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Alan Farrell: I welcome Mr. Philip Moyles, chairperson, No Fry Zone 4 Kids committee; Ms Jennifer Feighan, chief executive, Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute; Ms Louise Reynolds, communications manager, Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute; and Dr. Mimi Tatlow-Golden, lecturer, school of education, childhood youth and sport, faculty of wellbeing, education and language studies, at the Open...