Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Select Committee on Health
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
My understanding is that the Minister wants to remove the stipulation that one third of the printed material has the evidence-based health warning so that the Bill complies with EU guidelines, restrictions or so forth. If that is what it is, then so be it, but I would like to hear more about what is being done to ensure the health warnings nonetheless remain prominent. Alcohol is more carcinogenic than most people in the State and around the world realise. I have been reading up on the evidence, which is stark. If the Government is removing the one third stipulation, how does it intend to ensure the public will be still aware of the health implications?
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