Keith Swanick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the comments of my fellow Senators on alcohol advertising. I acknowledge what the Minister of State has said with regard to securing European agreement. However, the whole process needs to be accelerated, especially with regard to online advertising. Much of the time children do not watch television; they are on their iPads all the time. We are going to be behind the ball if we leave it to some European directive. We need to accelerate this process, especially in the context of Brexit.

I wish to comment on section 17. We have no amendments to the section but we question how it will be enforced, especially with regard to the importation of magazines with alcohol advertising. What is the situation in respect of magazines printed outside the country? How does the Minister propose to deal with that?