Seanad debates
Thursday, 25 January 2018
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements
10:30 am
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source
There is a potentially significant overlap here in the context of the green schools initiative. The green schools programme includes sustainable transport officers who have been working with children, highlighting issues and making a big difference. I was speaking recently to Róisín Ní Ghairbhith, one such sustainable transport officer who told me that 500 children cycled through the streets of Ennis as part of a bike week. The green schools initiative includes some very practical ideas including lower speed limits around schools, ride and stride or ride and scoot programmes and so forth.
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