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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Eight members have indicated that they wish to contribute. Do the witnesses wish to reply to some of the comments before hearing more presentations from members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: You said a few times the people want the food calorie count displayed. What is the reaction of the industry to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Have you received a response from any of the retail chains or the industry to say they will move two or three aisles in a pilot scheme, so the fruit counter would be in a certain place rather than the sweets or chocolate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: That is fine. Thank you for telling the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I will call Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Robert Dowds and Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The final speaker in this section is the committee's rapporteur on our report on childhood obesity, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: It is Valentine's Day and we are spreading the love.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for the excellent presentation. I acknowledge the presence of representatives of safefood Ireland, which has been very involved with the programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members to please turn off mobile telephones as they interfere with the recording and broadcasting equipment. Apologies have been received from Deputies Regina Doherty and Eamonn Maloney and Senator Imelda Henry. I welcome the team from RTE's "Operation Transformation", Dr. Eva Orsmond, Dr. Eddie Murphy and Mr. Karl Henry. In particular I welcome the five leaders, Ms Charlotte...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider implementing a tax relief regime for micro cider producers similar to the reliefs available for microbreweries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of tax collected annually by Revenue from benefit in kind taxation of health insurance policies provided to employees by their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in informing a person (details supplied) in County Cork of the refusal of their grant when the reason given was said to be that they applied for a course which was not an approved course; the reasons the course is not approved; the reason the relevant college is not treated as other third level colleges; and if he will make...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: The report and debate are not about politics but about the women who deserve not just our sympathy, apologies and sorrow but our support. I remind Deputy Niall Collins and other Fianna Fáil Deputies reading the report that the House is united in its response to the suffering of these women. The House is united in its desire to build an Ireland which is kinder, gentler, more tolerant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the reasons for the delay in processing a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm that the person concerned will be considered an independent applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Asbestos Remediation Programme (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or financial supports available from his Department to assist with the removal of asbestos from residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6598/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health if all contributors to the National Carers' Strategy are listed in this document titled Submission to the National Carers' Strategy Process; if he will confirm whether the contributions centralised and collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health if there was a blueprint that was followed when writing the National Carers' Strategy; the policy reasons for determining the time period of the strategy until 2016; the way this compares with international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the periodic review of the National Carers' Strategy as outlined in the roadmap to implementation will be carried out; if he will provide details on the involvement of the various Government Departments; if a date been set for these periodic reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the ongoing work / action plans / procedures being established to support the four national goals of the National Carers' Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (12 Feb 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initiatives being undertaken by Fáilte Ireland to promote County Cork as a tourism destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7019/13]