Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Professor Joe Barry:
I do not believe it does. I know Mr. Padraic White because he was chairman of the national drugs strategy team when I was on it. I have a lot of time for him. I do not think self-regulation works. It does not work in the banks. Intuitively, there has to be regulation of corporations which make money and are publicly listed. That comes down to the State and the Members of the Oireachtas whom we elect on our behalf.
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