Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

They are the words of wisdom of a man who is 104 years of age. I do not think we have to be labelling our products in any language to educate people to the fact if they do too much of one thing it is bad for them.

I appreciate that Deputy Donnelly is very genuine in his motives but it is wrong. Coming back to the industry, it will put us at a disadvantage to everybody else. People in the respectable drinks industry have worked hard to create employment and build up businesses. This matter is causing great concern to people in the drinks industry in Ireland who create employment and who have borrowed money from banks to open breweries. They are involved in the sale of alcohol. They are not criminals. They are decent, hard-working respectable people who are giving employment. They are in every town and area. They sell alcohol but now are looking at the prospect of being at a disadvantage to the rest of the world because they will have to put these labels on the alcohol. Not only are they being told to put it in one language but they are being told they will have to put it in two languages. Why do we not state we will put it in every language there is, including French, Italian and German? We may as well have nothing on the bottle save a big piece of paper explaining this is a very dangerous concoction that might actually stretch people if they drink too much of it. For God's sake, we have lost the run of ourselves in here and I mean that.

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