Results 901-920 of 3,871 for speaker:Catherine Byrne
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: My list for section 12 has amendments Nos. 5, 11 and 18 grouped.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I am responding to amendments Nos. 10, 13, 15 and 19 to 25, inclusive. Opposition amendments Nos. 10, 13 and 20 propose the removal of the amendments to the labelling and advertising provisions made in Seanad Éireann which inserted a warning on the direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers. Amendment No. 10 proposes to remove this warning from the labels of products. Amendment No....
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I hear the Deputy's concerns and I agree with him, particularly as they relate to obesity. It is very important that any product sold in the State would have notice of calories. That is in the Bill. I support and recognise the Deputy's concerns.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Before moving on, I should note that I will be moving amendments Nos. 15, 19, 21 to 25, inclusive, on behalf of the Government.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: They are in the same group.
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: Amendment No. 18 proposes that the information be available on a notice on the wall of the airport shop. This provision echoes the approach to that taken to licensed premises in the Bill selling products that do not have a label. However, there is a significant difference. It is fair to say that we are all likely to spend more time in a restaurant or pub than in an airport shop. The time...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I do not know whether I made myself clear enough but I will now. I accept the fact that Deputy Donnelly has concerns around this issues and I acknowledge he has spoken to the Minister on it. I am here to read a prepared statement on this point but I have spoken to the Minister on it and on reflection, there will be an opportunity on Report Stage to raise it again and maybe come to some...
- Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)
Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 15:In page 15, line 13, to delete “paragraphs (i) and (ii)” and substitute “paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii)”.
- 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)".