Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the concerns raised by Deputy Durkan about labelling, I have also discussed this matter with people from the industry. They already have a requirement to label different products for different markets, so I am not sure this would be as onerous as we imagine. Equally, those from outside the State who wish to sell in the State will have to comply with our rules, however that happens. My understanding is that can happen in a variety of ways. Either labelling can be done where the product is manufactured or the distributors can attach an additional label, which is the case with other products. A multiplicity of labels for different markets already exists within the industry. We simply would be requiring a specific label for this State. The hope is that we will be a leading light and other countries will eventually take our lead, which would make the requirement significantly less onerous as one label became more useful in more countries. While I respect the concerns echoed by Deputy Durkan, I am not sure they are as significant in a practical sense as we might imagine.