Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Helen McAvoy:

My concern was about the legislative process and whether this was going to add more time to the legislative process or involve having to notify matters to Europe. We are ten years behind Northern Ireland when it comes to banning vending machines. There is a tension between getting these basic measures over the line and the additional things we need to do. I am not an expert on the legislative process. Perhaps it is possible to do all of that in the context of this Bill or perhaps it is better to commit to just getting this over the line and then-----

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