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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Does that Government commitment-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Minister of State, with all due respect, I did not ask you that. I asked about the Government commitment to introduce an obesity Bill. Does that commitment still stand?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: When are we likely to get the heads of a Bill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I think the experience with alcohol has shown that working with the industry only holds you back. The industry has a different priority. The priority of industry is to maximise profits, not to deal with health matters. Experience tells us that the industry should not be involved when it comes to public health considerations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is not what I asked, with all due respect. I asked about legislation that was committed to. Clearly, nothing much has been done on the preparation of legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Government committed to legislation in the programme for Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State said that already. He told us his officials had been working with Coimisiún na Meán in relation to codes regarding fat, sugar and salt in foods, including follow-on infant formula. Does this mean Coimisiún na Meán will be the regulator in relation to safe food?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Will Coimisiún na Meán be the regulator in relation to advertising standards? We know the Advertising Standards Authority is currently lobbying for self-regulation. Who is going to regulate the food industry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It will be able to determine what is permissible and what is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Advertising Standards Authority will not have a role in that regard. Is that what the Minister of State is saying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is not saying anything, really. That is talking about continuing consultation with the industry. Who will be regulating food in terms of levels of salt, sugar and fat, and in terms of the advertising of junk food to children? Who will have responsibility for regulating that? Will it be Coimisiún na Meán or will it continue to be the Advertising Standards Authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about major influence. I am asking who will be regulating it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What does the Minister of State mean by "will have the say"? Will it regulate advertising by the food industry or will it continue to be the Advertising Standards Authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: When are we likely to see those codes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I know the Minister of State is new in the job but this performance is just atrocious given the scale of the problem of obesity across the population but especially in relation to childhood obesity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I would like to interrogate those figures a little bit. Where are the figures in relation to levels of sugar in drinks and food? Where are the figures that show the impact of the sugar tax?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Who has sight of the sugar content figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: They are reporting six years later. What research has been done by Safefood in relation to the correlation between childhood obesity and socioeconomic profile?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What is the strategy to respond to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Dr. McGloin would agree that is a persuasive approach rather than tackling the fundamental problems of widespread availability of cheap junk food in poorer areas.