Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are not going to advertise all of the brands in here because that would defeat the purpose of this Bill. I have seen lots of directional signs that show people to go this way or that way to find establishments of this nature. Such signs will be allowed. However, we will not allow an attempt to turn a directional sign into a billboard, an advertisement or a promotion for drink. That is basically it. That will be the distinction in this respect. It will be regulated in the same way.

This legislation is about allowing kids to grow up before we expose them to drink. It will allow children in Ireland to have a childhood. That is what this is about. According to a study conducted by the Health Research Board in 2014, more than a quarter of Irish children and young people between the ages of 13 and 17 say they have been really drunk. The highest rate of liver disease discharges from Irish hospitals was observed among those between the ages of 15 and 34. We have a problem here. We have a problem with drink in this country. It is not a made-up problem. It has not been dreamed up by people. Our doctors are seeing this problem every single day. It is affecting the constituencies of Deputies, who must decide tonight which side of the argument they want to be on. Do they want to stand by the protection of the health and well-being of their constituents? People are dying because of our inability as a country to tackle our awful relationship with alcohol. I do not propose to accept these amendments.

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