Results 52,341-52,360 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

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

Bernard Durkan: There is a reference to measurement of calories, which the Minister of State mentioned earlier. It is very important and special emphasis should be placed on that. It affects a series of health issues that are very pertinent nowadays for young people in particular. This should be kept in mind in examining the Bill's text. Will the Minister of State comment on that? I presume it applies...

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

Bernard Durkan: I would ask the proposer to defer. There is always an opportunity on the next Stage. The Minister can introduce an amendment along those lines or along agreed lines between the Deputy and the Minister. I understand the Deputy's concerns. Nonetheless, I would also like to hear a little bit more about it from the Minister of State. Like everybody else, I have discussed this issue and the...

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

Bernard Durkan: Presumably this will comply with EU regulations and directives and the ministerial regulations that are to follow will also comply.

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

Bernard Durkan: Presumably, it will apply to all products sold in this country, whether imported or otherwise.

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

Bernard Durkan: How will that labelling be done? If a product is manufactured in France, I presume the labelling will be done in Ireland. Alternatively, would it be done in France for the Irish market? Will products manufactured in the United States be labelled there for the Irish market? I do not disagree with the measure, but I am concerned about the practicalities of its application. It might not be...

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

Bernard Durkan: Some of the manufacturers are concerned about having to create a multiplicity of labels, with storerooms full of batches of labels for this and other markets. I am uncertain about another matter. The warning will not take up one third of the space on bottles. That would have been over the top. If we were to go to that extreme, we would be better off just telling people that the products...

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

Bernard Durkan: No, no.

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

Bernard Durkan: I will.

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

Bernard Durkan: I accept the Minister of State's reply. It is a step in the right direction. The label has to serve its purpose and be visible. The original intent was for the label to draw attention to the fact that the product contained something deleterious to a person's health. However, in the circumstances, the best that can be done is to make the warning available so that it can be read....

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

Bernard Durkan: I will not go through the details published in the research. I do not want to fall out with my pharmacist colleague, but I can assure her that I have ample evidence relating to irradiation.

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

Bernard Durkan: Absolutely.

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

Bernard Durkan: I agree with Deputy O'Reilly's sentiments. It is virtually impossible to prevent exposing everybody, including children, to promotional material at all times everywhere. Otherwise, we would close down the State altogether and become a nanny state. We cannot have that.

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

Bernard Durkan: We can do our best.

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

Bernard Durkan: I had not finished. We should do our best. We need to be mindful and cautious at the same time that even doing our best will not be enough to eliminate all exposure to advertising of that or any other nature. There is sufficient evidence from experiences over the past number of years that children are being exposed to promotional material of an alcoholic and non-alcoholic nature that is...

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

Bernard Durkan: Deputy O'Reilly has again raised an important issue. There are issues surrounding children, their exposure to alcohol in general and celebratory events, to which Deputy O'Reilly has already referred, at which alcohol and other products are readily available, the combination of which is seriously deleterious to children's health and well-being. It is no harm to bear in mind the effects. I...

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

Bernard Durkan: Well done, Chair.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is not a lie. The Deputy is not allowed to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Duine amháin le bhur dtoil---

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: An Teachta Ó Cuív anois.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: We must now move on to Other Questions.