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

It is about the health of the entire nation. It is about the health of the citizenry of the State. It is not designed to impact more on one area than another. There are 500 people who die. If any person in this Chamber could stand up and say that was a Dublin-only issue, I could take seriously some of what was said. It is regrettable that the Government is not supporting this but I welcome the Minister's commitment to deal with this issue later. It is not just my opinion or that of my party. It is a view shared by the steering group on the national substance abuse strategy that we need to phase out sponsorship regardless of the age or the code. We need to do that and to set a date for it. I am happy to engage with the Minister after this process so that we can put that timeline in place.

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