Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
908. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 14 October 2014, the progress on the policy on obesity which is due to be finalised this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/15]
View answerThe Department of Health is currently developing an Obesity Policy and Action Plan. A National consultation day was held recently and its subsequent Report, (developed by the Institute for Public Health for the Department of Health) is now available on www.health.gov.ie. Further consultations with children and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) are being organised. The results of all consultations will inform the drafting of the Obesity Policy and Action Plan.
