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

This is not to do with a salt tax but it is specifically to do with sugar. Remember, the entire matter concerns the health issues which can arise if people consume excessive amounts of products which have excessive amounts of sugar. The whole idea is to try to reduce that not only by campaigns advising people that they need to eat more healthily but also ensuring the foods which are available have reduced sugar content in them. That is what the whole idea of the tax is. An evaluation is currently being done on the progress that is being made on that. That report should be out in the next five to six weeks as to the success of this or whether more things need to be done in order to improve it further.