Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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329. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of standardised labelling of alcohol products in Ireland; if alcohol products imported from EU member states will have to comply with these standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25022/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The requirement for health warnings and health information on the labels of alcohol products was enacted at section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on 17 October 2018. The Minister for Health made the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and commenced section 12 of the Act on 18 May 2023. The law will come into operation on 22 May 2026.

The law will apply to all alcohol products that are sold in the State. The National Environmental Health Services of the HSE have responsibility for compliance and enforcement matters of the provisions under the Act.