Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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208. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that estimated cost of obesity related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and premature deaths here is in the region of €4 billion annually; if the cost of treatments such as gastric surgery for obese patients with diabetes, approximately €10,000 per patient ,are recouped within three years of surgery from a reduction in direct healthcare costs; his plans for the provision of services in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24851/17]

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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209. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the health care system in terms of hospital care and medications of those living with obesity; and if his department have carried out a cost benefit analysis of the wider implementation of obesity treatment programmes versus current long term spending on obesity related diseases such as diabetes, obesity related cancers and heart disease. [24852/17]

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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The annual cost of adult obesity has been estimated at €1.13 billion by a safefood study carried out in 2009. A study on childhood obesity costs is underway by Safefood and we await the results of this study.