Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the damaging impact on persons health caused by the below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will advocate measures to ban the below cost selling of alcohol. [39111/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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A National Substance Misuse Strategy was established in 2009. It is examining the development of policy to deal with a wide range of key issues relating to the supply, pricing, availability and marketing of alcohol – including the question of a minimum price for alcohol - along with measures for the policy areas of prevention strategies, treatment, rehabilitation and substance dependency, research and information. The report of the Steering Group is close to completion. I expect to receive proposals in the coming months and I will then brief my colleagues in Government on these.