Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee.

The debate has strayed into foreign trade and health issues but there are a number of issues we as a committee can take on. We will look at our programme of work next week to examine the areas on which we can focus.

On the issue of the effect on consumption of increasing the price of alcohol, which is probably more related to the health issue, my impression from working in the industry in the past is that if the price of alcohol is set too high, people will mix their drinks which is not a good result. That consideration does not seem to feature in any argument. Has any research been done on that? If young people start mixing the wrong drinks, we will have problems.