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Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment for consideration before Report Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to put on record, briefly, that I agree with that. The scientific evidence is compelling in this regard. It is very welcome that the amendments are not being moved. I acknowledge that. It is important that we as a committee hold that line.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The two amendments essentially seek to do the same thing so I will not move amendment No. 11 but I will move amendment No. 18. I will speak to that amendment now.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Amendment No. 18 seeks to treat sales in airports. It is not about airport pubs but rather in "duty-free", although sales are not always duty-free. It is about sales on the air side of security for someone getting on a plane. The thinking is we want to see the best of both worlds. We must meet our public health obligations and the proposal is for that to be done in the same way as has...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I preface my comments by saying that I know the Minister of State is giving the position of the Minister. It is the second amendment I have discussed. It is the second time I was given an assurance by the Minister for Health and the second time that it would appear, notwithstanding an additional sentence at the end of the Minister of State's response, that the assurances I was given have not...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: On the basis that we need as much unity on the Bill as possible because it is an incredibly important public health measure, I will withdraw the amendment for the present. I know this is not up to the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. I restate that I am not amused by the disconnect between the conversations I am having and what the Government is putting on the record.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: While we are discussing section 12, in case I forget, I seek permission on Report Stage to potentially introduce amendments on Drinkaware.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 12:In page 14, line 13, after “form” to insert “, in both the English and Irish language,”.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 14:In page 14, line 35, after “displayed” to insert “, in both the English and Irish language,”.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: My understanding is that the Minister wants to remove the stipulation that one third of the printed material has the evidence-based health warning so that the Bill complies with EU guidelines, restrictions or so forth. If that is what it is, then so be it, but I would like to hear more about what is being done to ensure the health warnings nonetheless remain prominent. Alcohol is more...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: That sounds like fighting talk.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The amendment was discussed in the group but it was not named.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 18:In page 16, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:"(17) (a) This section shall not apply to the sale of alcohol products in a tax-free shop to travellers departing the State. (b) "Tax-free shop" means a tax-free shop within the meaning of Article 14 of Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Is there a provision in the Bill that allows for an ongoing review of this? A balance has to be struck. One place where advertising is not being prohibited is on the hoarding around pitches. If we take Deputy O'Reilly's comments on board, it means bringing young children to a match where, for 90 minutes or two hours, they are essentially staring at alcohol advertising that is wrapped...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Does the Minister of State have a sense of when Report Stage will take place?

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Will it be in the next term?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Remuneration (21 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the settlement reached with hospital consultants on 15 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (21 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the disciplinary proceedings which were enacted as a result of the publication of the Report of the External Independent Review of Maternity Services at Portiuncula University Hospital. [27143/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the schedule of supports being offered to women affected by the controversy surrounding the CervicalCheck screening service; the number of women for whom supports are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27144/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the proactive outreach actions being taken to contact and offer additional screening services for those with a high risk profile for cervical cancer in view of the controversy surrounding the CervicalCheck screening service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27145/18]