Results 2,961-2,980 of 3,871 for speaker:Catherine Byrne
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 16:In page 15, lines 15 and 16, to delete “, where at least one third of the printed material will be given over to evidence-based health warnings”. Amendment No. 16 undoes the addition of the requirement for evidence-based health warnings to take up at least one third of the size of the printed material on alcohol products. This requirement was provided...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: It is only sold-----
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: To respond to Deputy Durkan's comments, our regulations will be submitted to the Commission. There will be an identification of calories on the label. There will be also a link about alcohol and health issues pointing to the HSE website at the bottom of the label. As to the question of who is responsible for the health labelling of alcohol products, the Department sought legal advice...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: The regulations will not be confirmed until after the enactment of the Bill. The Bill has to be enacted first, and the regulations will then be put in place.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: No. We do not know the timeline.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: It is the same for the labelling question. We will examine the research carried out by Amárach on the type of labelling which should be on products, how the contents should be displayed and the visibility of that information.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 19:In page 17, line 13, to delete "and".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 21:In page 17, line 15, after "cancers," to insert "and".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 22:In page 17, line 20, to delete "paragraphs (a) and (b)" and substitute "paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 23:In page 17, line 27, to delete "paragraphs (a) and (b)" and substitute "paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 24:In page 17, lines 31 and 32, to delete "paragraphs (a), (b) and (d)" and substitute "paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d)".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 25: In page 18, line 4, after "subsection (2)(b)" to insert ", a warning under subsection (2)(c)".
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Amendments Nos. 26 and 27 propose to extend the restriction on advertising to all public places. They would result in an effective prohibition on all outdoor advertising. This is the first time that alcohol has been legislated for as a public health measure and that the advertising of alcohol has been addressed from a public health perspective. As a first step in restricting the...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I have outlined that provision. Section 21 provides that all of the advertising provisions must be reviewed within three years of the commencement of the section. However, the Minister for Health of the day can review any provisions in any Bill as time goes on. That is very much what the Bill is about. There are restrictions. Perhaps they are not what we all want. I refer particularly...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: It has taken more than 900 days to bring this Bill to where it is now. This is a practical first step in the right direction. It may not tick all the boxes but as we continue, hopefully it will. A core aim of the Bill is to delay alcohol consumption by children and young people and reduce the harm caused by the misuse of alcohol. The Bill also has significant relevance to children living...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Yes. Opposition amendment No. 28 proposes to prohibit sports sponsorship by 31 December 2023. This topic was examined and debated at length prior to the publication of the Bill. A consensus could not be reached on a prohibition on sports sponsorship. There have been many discussions about the pros and cons of banning alcohol sponsorship of sports in Ireland. The main arguments in favour...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I stated there is a lack of specific evidence; I did not say there was no evidence. Under the Bill, in particular under section 1, there will be a review of all the advertising provisions within three years of the commencement of the section, so there is always time to move the goalposts.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: May I come back in to comment on one or two things that were said? To respond to Deputy Durkan, it is a matter of a change of culture and a change in people's attitude to the way in which the consumption of alcohol happens in this country. As I said previously, the Bill represents the very first time in this country that we have been at this stage. I understand the circumstances...