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

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 8, line 19, to delete “and”.

The purpose of amendments Nos. 4 and 5 is to deal with the availability of free alcohol when purchasing another service. I refer, for example, to a person who gets his or her nails done or goes to the barber or the cinema. The businesses supplying this alcohol are very often not licensed premises. They are not governed by the same rules and regulations. It is shocking that Healthy Ireland has published a survey that found only 16% of women were aware of the link between breast cancer and alcohol consumption. The national cancer control programme found that 12% of all breast cancers over a decade in Ireland were associated with alcohol consumption. For these reasons, alcohol given free with a service should be prohibited under this Bill. A person is often not asked in the hair salon, or wherever it happens to be, if he or she wants a drink. The person is asked if he or she wants a cup of tea or coffee or a glass of water but is then handed a glass of prosecco. I have experienced this. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that practice ceases.

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