Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It strikes me that the House will need to look again at the pre-legislative scrutiny process in terms of what the Minister is claiming. He is saying that some of these things need notice. If that is the case, there should be a health warning in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny. I will take that up further because if what the Minister is saying is true, the committee has been misled somewhat. One wonders why all this work was done. Why did we go through all of that? It was pretty painstaking.

The other point I would make is that I recognise what the Minister is saying about the rules in place already regarding advertising. Sometimes we are inclined to think about traditional media and traditional types of advertising. The promotion of alcohol, gambling and smoking and vaping is much more subtle, however. It is targeted at young people. It is much more about product placement and influencers. I do not believe that area is covered by the rules that apply at the moment or by what the Minister is proposing. I ask him to take this on board. He accepts there may be improvements to be made to what he is already saying in the legislation. I ask that he consider taking on board these points for an amendment from him on Report Stage.