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Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Step three of the The Obesity Policy and Action Plan – A Healthy Weight for Ireland’ (OPAP, DOH 2016) relates to food reformulation. It aims to ‘secure appropriate support from the commercial sector to play its part in obesity prevention and agree food industry reformulation targets and review progress’. To achieve this a Food Reformulation Subgroup of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community: Motion (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community may meet in Galway city, on 8th March, 2024, in order to hear from community groups and populations in Galway city, first hand, on the operation of national and local policies as they...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of meeting of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community in Galway city (without debate) - Statements on the Second Anniversary of Russia’s Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine (not to exceed 1 hr 52 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those set down to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Further and Higher Education,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Chair. I was here two weeks ago as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: No problem. Good morning. I thank the committee for the invitation to address it about public health and the commercial determinants of health. I was here two weeks ago with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to discuss the Department of Health's 2024 Estimates process and I mentioned some of our key Healthy Ireland initiatives on that occasion. The committee indicated that it would like to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senator for his questions. I will start with the question relating to further regulation of tobacco and nicotine inhaling products. As he is aware, we have banned the sale of vapes for under-18s. In January, we had a public consultation process which closed at the end of that month. It was set up to help to inform further legislation which will be required on this issue. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The budget extends beyond €16.3 million and that is just for Healthy Ireland. We have a health and well-being programme as well, Safefood Ireland and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland so calculating the total spend is difficult. Let us consider Healthy Ireland alone. It started with a budget of €5 million and now has over €16 million. Plus, I secured extra funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy has posed a very important question about how we target the marketing for young people and, as she said, cut it off at source. The best way to do that right now is through Coimisiún na Meán. Officials within Coimisiún na Meán are working on that. Coimisiún na Meán was established in 2023 following the enactment of the Online Safety and Media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy has said "it is not happening". In 2023, Coimisiún na Meán was established. My officials have already met officials from Coimisiún na Meán about this matter. This will be the regulation and the law around targeting the marketing, and specifically targeting young children, so it is happening right now. The latest meeting of officials took place two weeks ago...