Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

“Regulation of disposable tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products

9.The Minister, having considered the wider obligations on the State to reduce single use

disposable products, may: (a) regulate such elements of tobacco products;

(b) regulate such elements of nicotine inhaling products; and

(c) prohibit the sale of disposable nicotine inhaling products.”.

We have brought forward the amendment to ban the sale of disposable vapes and give the Minister powers to regulate further disposable elements of tobacco products and nicotine-inhaling products, as he may see fit, to reduce the use of single-use or non-recyclable components insofar as possible, given our wider obligations to reduce the use of such products and to incentivise, in the first instance, a move away from smoking or vaping and, in the second instance, where a person chooses to smoke or vape, as is their right, to ensure the products that are available will be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible.