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- Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: I thank the delegates for attending and the work they are doing. While I found Dr. McCrory's presentation fascinating and applaud him for the work he does, having worked on the issue of obesity for some years, it is my view that it is only now gaining some traction and being taken seriously. That is unfortunate because it has been evident for ten or 15 years that this problem, which is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Do we not have targets? I am not sure if it is fair to make that argument.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Precisely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: It took a generation and a half, perhaps two, to reach this point. I was involved in a report produced by the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. We visited Amsterdam because the Netherlands was ahead of us in the sense that only one in five Dutch children was heading in the direction Irish children were heading. The big issue is patience and knowing that the problem will take time to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Is that not the key issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: That is interesting. I was a big proponent of the sugar tax and I hope it will have the intended results. Much of the efficacy of the tax is seen in the fact that companies started to reformulate their products well in advance of it being implemented. I heard somebody from the beverage associations mentioning that as part of his argument that the sugar tax is a bad idea, but I believe he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Of course. I do not believe it is the only show in town. Dr. McCrory need not worry about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: That is a good segue for a few brief points to our other guests. It is a no-brainer for Laya Healthcare to be involved in schemes such as these and I compliment it on that. I did so publicly four years ago when it was introduced. It is fantastic, as is the work being done with the Food Dudes programme. They are similar. Is there anything to be said for that being rolled out through the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: It is from a health perspective rather than an obesity perspective.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: That is interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Are food pyramids and the like used as part of the programme? I have serious doubts about the food pyramid currently being used in Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: What is the reward, as a matter of interest?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: I saw it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: They are not food-related.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: I have a final comment and I am sorry for taking up so much time. I have to leave shortly. Holland uses glass bottles of a type that can be engraved by children. I do not know if they are fully glass but obviously they are safe. It is teaching children how to engrave them and it is making water cool. It has been amazingly effective in that country. That is in the report of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: It has to be from the bottom up, the top down and from the sides in. It is every angle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Catherine Noone: Is there mostly good buy-in from parents?