Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I said in my initial response, in principle I agree with the Deputy. If our world is burning, as it is, and if people are profiteering from that, the issue is how we can reduce demand or the impacts of advertising from such bodies that are causing damage. I do not disagree in principle, but the exact means for application are something we would have to consider and for which we would have to work out what we will do.

It is starting to happen. For example, in the case of many cultural or other institutions, the idea they would accept sponsorship from a fossil fuel company is increasingly contested and restricted, in effect by public peer pressure and so on. Changes are happening in that regard, therefore, but as for the legislative means for implementing it, I have not seen an example of that globally. It would be good to see whether there are examples in other countries where restrictions to advertising have taken place, and on that basis we can see whether we can start applying the same here. In principle, I agree, but as for the exact mechanism, it is more complex than, for example, tobacco advertising, the issue we mentioned earlier.

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