13 Feb 2013, 15:30
The panel of experts from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation will address the Committee on Health and Children on measures to tackle obesity tomorrow, Thursday, 14th February 2013.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “We’re looking forward to our meeting with Dr Eva Orsmond, Dr Eddie Murphy and Karl Henry from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation. As a group tasked with aiding and encouraging people to drastically change their eating and exercise habits to lose weight and follow a healthy lifestyle they can offer a unique perspective on the issue of obesity and measures to tackle the problem.
The meeting tomorrow is part of ongoing hearings the Committee is having with interested parties and experts to get their perspectives on the issue and discuss in detail their views and ideas on dealing with the issue of obesity, in particular childhood obesity. Among those who have addressed the Committee to date on this topic are: Professor Carlos Blanco, Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; Professor Donal O’Shea, Consultant Endocrinologist and Physician, St Vincent's University Hospital and St Columcille's Hospital; and Professor Niall Moyna, School of Health and Human Performance, DCU.”
The meeting takes place tomorrow, Thursday, 14th February, 2013 at 9.30am in Committee Room 1, LH 2000.
Committee proceedings can be followed live at: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/watchlisten/
For further information please contact:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 3903
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F: +3531 618 4551
ENDS
Committee Membership:
Deputies
Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael
Catherine Byrne, Fine Gael
Michael Colreavy, Sinn Fein
Ciara Conway, Labour Party
Regina Doherty, Fine Gael
Robert Dowds, Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick, Fine Gael
Seamus Healy, Independent
Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil
Eamonn Maloney, Labour Party
Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Fine Gael
Mattie McGrath, Independent
Denis Naughten, Independent
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Sinn Fein
Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil
Senators
Colm Burke, Fine Gael
John Crown, Independent
John Gilroy, Labour Party
Imelda Henry, Fine Gael
Marc Mac Sharry, Fine Fail
Jillian Van Turnhout, Independent