Dáil debates

Friday, 8 November 2013

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion

 

11:40 am

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That Dáil Éireann notes the Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, entitled ‘Report on Sponsorship of Sports by the Alcohol Industry’, which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 2nd July, 2013.
As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, which also deals with energy, tourism and sport, I welcome the opportunity to debate the committee's report on sponsorship by alcohol drinks companies of sports organisations, which was launched earlier this year. I welcome the fact that the report is being debated in the Chamber. It is one of the benefits of recent reform in the House. In the past, reports were launched and left there but in this case we wanted it to feed into the wider Government strategy announced by the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, some weeks ago. It is historic in that it is the first debate on a report and it is also appropriate and the timing is welcome.

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