Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Micheál Martin, introduced the ban on smoking in public places, about which there was a hue and cry. The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, introduced a code of practice for the display and sale of alcohol which now applies to nearly 2,500 supermarkets in every part of Ireland. Supermarkets no longer display or advertise alcohol in their windows and newspaper advertisements for alcohol products are restricted to a maximum of 25% of the space used. Alcohol is now usually located towards the rear of shops, although issues continue to arise for convenience stores and garages. I can see by my colleagues' faces that they do not believe this.