Results 941-960 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: These points were raised.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Some Senators made comments on the Internet. This question is of grave concern to us. In fact, we are examining the proposals in the amendment in question and we hope to come back to the House on Report Stage. Sponsorship by alcohol companies will be restricted under section 15. It will be an offence for a person to sponsor an event where the majority of individuals taking part are...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We have undertaken to examine that.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: If the manufacturer is in the State?
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: There are no restrictions on selling goods in the State. If one is selling the product in the State, that deals with that aspect.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It will be illegal to sell it.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It will be illegal to sell children's clothing
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: A child is considered to be somebody under the age of 18 years. The legislation is very clear in that it prohibits alcohol branded children's clothing. It makes it an offence for a person to manufacture, import for sale or sell in the State children's clothing which promotes alcohol consumption or is branded with an alcohol product, an alcohol product name, image, trade mark or logo. There...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As I said earlier, it also includes footwear. The onus is on the defendant to prove that the children's clothing was exempt, in other words that it would have been for sale within the permitted transitional period.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The environmental health officers will be policing this. It states in the State, children's clothing
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: For the purposes of legislation, a child is considered to be somebody under the age of 18 years.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: For the purposes of the Bill, a child is considered to be somebody under the age of 18 years. With regard to keyrings, that will not apply.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Clothing is clothing and it relates to children's clothing.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Yes, it is children's clothing.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Senator has made a very good point, but that is outside the State.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: This section makes provision for the laying of regulations before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Subsection (1) provides that the Minister may make regulations relating to any matter prescribed in the Bill. Subsection (2) gives power to the Minister regarding the content of any regulations to be issued under the aegis of the Bill. Subsection (3) states that every order other than an order...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I will check it.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I apologise for the delay. Can I take a break for five minutes to find the section?
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That is fine.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Oct 2016)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: At the request of the Secretariat to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the World Health Organisation prepared a paper for the Conference of the Parties (COP7) that looks at health impacts, policy options, and how to measure the contents and emissions of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems (ENNDS). The paper outlines...