112. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of funding and support for obesity, with only limited resources being put into weight management clinics in Galway and Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the reason the clinic in Loughlinstown is only funded and staffed to the 2005 standard even though the number of persons with a BMI over 50 has doubled since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/14]

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112. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of funding and support for obesity, with only limited resources being put into weight management clinics in Galway and Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the reason the clinic in Loughlinstown is only funded and staffed to the 2005 standard even though the number of persons with a BMI over 50 has doubled since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/14]

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1. 29 May 2014

   Obesity Strategy

   112. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of funding and support for obesity, with only limited resources being put into weight management clinics in Galway and Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the reason the clinic in Loughlinstown is only funded and staffed to the 2005 standard even though the number of persons with a BMI over 50 has doubled since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/14]

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