Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am also having a meeting next Tuesday and delegates include Professor Joe Barry and somebody from the Royal College of Physicians. We looked at marketing and certain advertisements that the drinks companies were coming up with, which were very clever and glamorous.

Young people spoke about how these advertisements associated alcohol with having fun and being healthy, with confidence-building and having relationships. The whole area of advertising must be looked at. When I met people from the gambling industry recently I asked them about the possibility of a levy related to gambling addiction. What contribution will the alcohol industry make? If it is making any, its contribution should be much more about these alcohol-related issues that cost everybody so much.

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