Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to raise the deep concern I and many others have on the success of the vaping ban in relation to children. I see evidence every single day of children in school uniforms vaping. We are not seeing any sanctions on those clearly breaking the law. The environmental health service stated that there has been one prosecution to date.

The issue of the abuse of fast gas is a huge problem. Just today it was mentioned on the news that Crumlin children's hospital is seeing children with severe burns and lifelong scarring. I received an email from a constituent this morning which mentioned this product fast gas which is being sold and being abused by children and young people. This is not a product for the catering industry. It looks like it is being marketed to children in exactly the same way vapes are. The vapes have different flavours, different tastes and different packaging. While I welcome the new legislation, it is just ink on paper unless it is properly resourced. How does the Minister plan to take this far more seriously than it has been to date?

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