Professor Frank Murray:

I will address one of the questions the Senator asked, which was a very good question. He asked whether we feel our voice has been heard. I do feel that the voice of people trying to reduce alcohol harms in Ireland has been heard. The evidence for that is the Public Health (Alcohol) Act, which was a great step forward. Ireland has a reputation in that respect internationally. We have a reputation for taking steps to deal with the crisis and catastrophe of alcohol harms here in Ireland. However, I will tell the Senator what is not heard, which is the voice of the victims. It is almost absent. We hear very little from those people who have been harmed by alcohol or who have a family member who has been harmed by alcohol because there is such a stigma around that.