John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence sent to his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding a funding request for a targeted childhood obesity project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37992/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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This correspondence was referred to the H.S.E. by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs as the H.S.E. has responsibility for childhood health promotion programmes. The H.S.E have advised that as a mater of policy they do not endorse or fund any private organisation providing weight management programmes to either adults or children and are committed to a particular strategic approach and as such are not seeking alternative models to tackling childhood obesity.