Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When will the water services Bill be published? An ceist deireannach, last month the Minister for Health published the heads of the Bill for the public health (alcohol) Bill. Its purpose is to ban the below cost selling of alcohol, tackle binge drinking and combat alcohol misuse. Yesterday the Joint Committee on Health was told that last year, alcohol manufacturers spent almost €24 million on advertising with another €16 million spent by supermarkets. This intense marketing of alcohol is recognised as a major contributor to consumption and the dreadful social and health consequences it leads to. When will the public health (alcohol) Bill be published? Will the Taoiseach explain why the three annual reports by the advertising watchdog have not been published by the Minister for Justice and Equality? Those reports find that compliance with existing standards is falling.

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