Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor outlined, the committee's main agenda is health promotion. On a number of occasions the special rapporteur for child protection has sat in front of us and the only recommendation he has made is that we ban sports sponsorship by drinks companies to protect children. I am sorry if I countenance his opinion above all others that have been offered. He has made that recommendation because in 332 child deaths - I grant that they were very vulnerable children who had been in State care - alcohol was a risk factor in every single case.