Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Select Committee on Health
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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In principle, obviously, we are supportive of the measures. I am making my remarks less out of concern for the producers, as echoed by others, and more out of concern for the message. It is vital that the label conveys the message. My fear is that in a bilingual context the print would shrink to the point where the message would be lost. We absolutely support bilingual labelling in all of this for all the reasons outlined. Obviously, that is important. However, it is equally important that the message contained therein – I am going for the first pun of this session – is not watered down in any way.