Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings she has had with the national sports organisations regarding advertising and sponsorship of such organisations by the drinks industry; the results of the meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18829/08]

Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Neither myself nor the previous Minister for Health Promotion and Food Safety have had meetings with the national sports organisations to discuss the issue of sponsorship by alcohol companies. However, I do intend engaging with the sporting organisations in the context of the Government Decision to establish a Working Group to consider the issues around sports sponsorship by alcohol companies. The Working Group will examine existing sponsorships and the terms and length of existing contracts and give direction to how concerns around the extent of sports sponsorship by alcohol companies might be addressed. This Working Group will be established by my Department following consultation with other relevant Government Departments.