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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, under Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17294/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending the early childhood care and education programme year by periods (details supplied). [17199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the ABC programme for 2018; the number of centres this funding supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17200/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centre network in 2010; the number of centres that this supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Eligibility (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method used to determine the level of subsidy that a household is eligible for under the affordable childcare scheme. [17202/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Data (19 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the households in receipt of subsidies under the affordable childcare scheme by gross income bracket (details supplied). [17203/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for coming here today, for being so open, honest and frank with us and for giving us an insight, because, to be quite honest with them, we might not have had that before. We have been here a couple of months and I suppose today was a day when we got a better understanding. I thank them for that. Earlier, Ms Magaharan spoke about the neurological conditions and she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: If the Chair does not mind, I will interrupt there. The current format is that every case is an isolated case, depending on the label attached to it. One does not look at it in the greater sphere of what other tag-ons could be or what other associations are. That is not the model that we operate in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is there good engagement between the two Departments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: A problem is that in many schools, only two referrals might be allowed to NEPS on an annual basis which puts huge pressure on the system. That is a different conversation but Mr. Walsh is right about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the delegates for their presentations. It is not just digital marketing that targets children. Last week I was very critical of the "Big Big Movie" because of how it was marketed on RTÉ One. To move on from it, I have read the delegates' submissions in depth and prepared a number of questions. My first question is for Mr. Macey who mentioned that a healthy diet could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: My next question is about the no-fry zones around schools and other jurisdictions. Are there studies which show the outcomes of having no-fry zones? A study on a ban on vending machines in French schools showed a reduction of between 20 and 120 calories in daily calorific intake. Is that meaningful? It is a very small number of calories. It may be a step in the right direction but I wish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The small amount of research I have done, which is nothing like that carried out by the witnesses, revealed that some children in secondary school do not have the opportunity to participate in PE. Is that indicated in the research the witnesses have carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I have found that the two hours per week timetabled by the Department on the curriculum is not available to some children in school. As regards team sport, in which all schools like to participate, is it healthy for children to have to take part in team sports during their lunch hour whereby they have to cram in their food and flip between one session of school and going back in for the next?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: If we are to teach children anything about life, we must to teach them that they must make time to eat and that one's body cannot be maintained without fuel. The idea of the curriculum is to teach them a positive message in that regard. I ask Professor Sharry to explain the outcomes and measuring in terms of the Parents Plus healthy family programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What are Dr. Sharry's observations on it? He meets a number of families who come together and they start from whatever point. What are the results like? Can he give us some examples?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Dr. Sharry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Having this conversation on obesity at this committee is a step in the right direction. Previous speakers set the stage. Those involved have set out what they need and what they want to move it forward. Sometimes at committee meetings I wonder what the witnesses want or need. I thank Dr. Murphy because she told us what she needs and wants to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the child's flexibility measured? Do we measure their flexibility to ensure that they can participate in sport, and that their measurements are good? Does Professor Kelleher know what I am talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely