Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We went through a difficult time during Covid, but we now need to focus more. We are lucky in Ireland. People might criticise the health system, but our life expectancy is one of the best across Europe. We cannot just sit at that point, though. We need to do more to help people deal with this situation.

I wish to touch on the matter of drinking at home. We had a great deal of information 25 or 30 years ago because the vast majority of people then drank in pubs, hotels and so on. Now, the majority of drinking is done at home. In a pub or hotel, there is a measure. At home, there is no measure. Are we doing enough about the issue of home drinking and the dangers involved?