Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a conscious decision to make sure that when we put labels on our alcohol, a product that causes harm, it will be clear as possible.

Deputy Ó Cuív is correct that if a directive came in, it would need to be in both languages. That is entirely correct. Deputy Ó Cuív will be aware, as a former Aire, that this is also correct. Let me also tell the Deputy that regardless of whether that is correct, it would still be less effective. I am in the business of evidence-based policies and evidence-based politics. That is the decision we have taken in this regard. I have worked well with the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on health, who has not felt the need to condescend in relation to this issue, in a bipartisan manner.

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