Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion

4:20 pm

Photo of Liam TwomeyLiam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure what the committee could do. Decisions on excise are very much for the Minister for Finance. We do not like the idea of minimum pricing. If shops that sell food were not allowed to sell alcohol, how realistic would that be in regard to making an impact on alcohol consumption?

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