Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to bring in minimum unit pricing. I will explain why I do not buy into the baloney which suggests that we cannot bring it in until Northern Ireland does so. Scotland did it without waiting for England. It is about to be done in Wales, but the authorities in England are not about to do it. I remind the Deputy that we are talking about a certain type of alcohol. We are not talking about high-cost alcohol. That is the whole idea. I do not believe 16 or 17 year old lads, some of whom cannot drive or should not be allowed to drive, will get into their cars and drive for 90 minutes to buy a few cans of Dutch Gold. That is not the way the world works. We should move ahead with minimum unit pricing. It is up to me to make a call on when to bring in the memo. It makes sense to wait for a degree of certainty in respect of Britain and the Brexit date. There is a great deal of uncertainty in that regard. We might have a degree of certainty very shortly.