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

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Professor Barry said in his presentation that minimum pricing would lessen health inequalities, yet some would argue, and have argued on this committee, that the introduction of minimum pricing would affect, more than anyone else, the most lowly paid, the unemployed and those depending on State aid.

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