I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 104 together.
A number of national food consumption surveys have been carried out over the last 15 years, which now provide valuable information on what the Irish population is eating. Two of these are commissioned every four years by my Department, these are the National Health and Lifestyle Survey (SLÁN) and Health Behaviour in School Children (HBSC) surveys. Other surveys of the food and nutrition behaviours of children, teenagers and adults are carried out by the Irish University Nutrition Alliance.
My Department will soon be publishing our first National Nutrition Policy which will look at all the whole population while making special mention of age and gender groups.
My Department and the Department of Education and Science have been involved in developing healthy eating guidelines for schools. Guidelines for pre-schools and primary schools are already developed and appropriate healthy eating training by community dieticians with preschool and primary school staff is currently underway. A number of schools are already implementing the guidelines. Post primary school guidelines are being printed and will be launched in March.
Guidelines and recommendations on levels of physical activity are currently being devised by the Population Health Directorate of the Health Service Executive and I am referring the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply on that aspect of the Deputy's question.