Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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771. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas in restaurants and pubs serving food; if so, the conditions under which he is considering such a ban; and the date he expects to do same. [50643/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In April 2018 the Government agreed to support a Seanad Private Members’ Motion to legislate for a ban on smoking in areas where food is consumed and that the measure would be addressed after the completion of the current legislative priority. Work on the current legislative priority, the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill, is ongoing. The Bill has been referred to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for drafting and pre-legislative scrutiny by the Oireachtas Committee on Health is scheduled to take place on 3 November 2021.