Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

That is welcome. However, the facts around deaths are shocking. I want to raise the issue of the sugar sweetened drinks tax, which was introduced more than six years ago. The aim of that tax was to put a financial penalty on drinks companies to stop them promoting very high sugar drinks. While I will not name the brands, some of these drinks have a very high sugar content. What impact has that tax had on companies that sell high sugar beverages?