Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion

12:20 pm

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is helpful. I live adjacent to a severely economically disadvantaged community and have worked for years in such communities. Have the data been disaggregated to identify how minimum pricing impacts on gender and people in different socioeconomic circumstances? Would people living in disadvantaged circumstances spend more of their income on alcohol if prices were to increase? If so, whether this approach have any overall benefit?

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