Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am being straight when I say it is impossible to fight such a culture alone and families are finding this really tough. We have to start breaking down this culture. It is hard to change culture but we have begun to be successful in terms of drink driving, for example. I call on the Leader to say to the Minister in charge of this matter that we need a systematic plan to combat binge drinking. It is an awful shame that we did not break the link between sports advertising and drink. We have gone some way towards doing so but it is not good enough. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister here and start a serious debate on the matter.

I ask the Leader to arrange an urgent debate on the Children and Family Relationship Bill which received approval from the Cabinet today to proceed. The Minister for Health's article in the Irish Independent today was factually incorrect. He put it on paper and published that there will be no legal change as a result of the same sex marriage referendum. How incorrect is that?