Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Taoiseach a happy International Women's Day and remind him that alcohol is one of the leading contributors to breast cancer, a disease which sadly kills many women in this country.

Yesterday the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, launched a new website, www.askaboutalcohol.ieand encouraged us all to think about and manage our drinking. Sinn Féin strongly welcomes this website. I was a little disturbed to hear that the Minister of State is reflecting on the discussions to date in the Oireachtas because I think those are the discussions which take place at the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, since there has been very little discussion on the floor of the House of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2016. This Bill is now a year old and we need it expedited as a matter of urgency. On International Women's Day, given that alcohol contributes to breast cancer, when will this legislation progress?

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