Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has referred a number of times to a perceived conflict with the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. I am a supporter of that Bill and keen to see it progressed. It is focused on tackling the visibility of alcohol in ordinary retail and issues in respect of sponsorship, and on reducing the general visibility of alcohol and the exposure of young and vulnerable people to alcohol. This is a very different matter. I doubt that even professionals in public health who are lobbying for the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill would express much opposition to the legislation before us today. It is a very sensible and reasonable proposition that the location producing these goods should be allowed to sell them, as it would with any other food product. It is not a very expansive series of products but just whatever products they are producing themselves. I reject the idea that there is any contradiction between supporting these very modest and sensible proposals and the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, which is very important legislation that I want to see progressed. I do not think anybody would see a contradiction.

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