Brendan Griffin
Question:178. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a meat-free day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17333/19]
View answerTuesday, 16 April 2019
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The reference by An Taisce to a meat free day in schools was made in a Climate Action teaching resource produced by An Taisce.
It is a matter for individual schools to decide what material they use to support teaching the curriculum in accordance with Circular 42 of 2018 for Primary and Circular 43 of 2018 for Post Primary.
The Healthy Eating Guidelines and Food Pyramid are the policy tools used to define the government recommendations on healthy eating and a balanced diet. The revised Healthy Eating Guidelines and Food Pyramid toolkit has been developed by the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive with key stakeholders and aims to help reduce the intake of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks from the Top Shelf of the Food Pyramid.
A range of healthy eating resources are available to schools on the Departments SCOILNET portal:
https://www.scoilnet.ie/go-to-primary/theme-pages/sphe/healthyeating/
https://www.scoilnet.ie/learning-path/ref/4471/
The SPHE, PE and Home Economics Curricula cover the area of Healthy eating and the food pyramid:
https://www.education.ie/en/Learners/Information/Healthy-Eating-for-Students/: