Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the creation of national map of alcohol outlets across the country to assess concentration and impact on local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28690/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I am in favour of an easily accessible register or database being available which would show the location of all premises in the country licensed to sell alcohol. This is just one of the many issues being discussed by the Steering Group developing the alcohol policy element of the National Substance Misuse Strategy. The Steering Group will base its recommendations on evidence based measures to deal with the significant public health issue of alcohol in areas such as supply, pricing, prevention, treatment, awareness and education. The Report of the Steering Group is expected by the end of this year.