'Highly worrying' government report finds just one in seven kids active enough

5 December 2022; In attendance at the launch of Sport Ireland’s new “It’s My Time” campaign, are, from left, Fiona Mansergh, Healthy Ireland, Una May, Sport Ireland Chief Executive, Sis Edith, Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, Jack Chambers TD, Patrice Dockery, Anne Adedoyin, Republic of Ireland Manager, Vera Pauw, Mary McCarthy, Women’s Health Taskforce and Nora Stapleton, Women in Sport Lead, Sport Ireland. The new initiative from Sport Ireland and Healthy Ireland looks to encourage women who are over 40 to make time for themselves and increase their activity levels through sport and exercise. For more information on It’s My Time, visit www.sportireland.ie/itsmytime. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

A SHOCKING new report has revealed that only one in seven young people are sufficiently physically active with much of the blame placed on inadequate physical education standards in schools.

The Department of Sport is “urgently examining” the findings of the Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study which were described by Minister for Sport Jack Chambers as “a highly worrying and concerning situation that clearly requires a robust and considered response”.