Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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2639. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure nicotine pouches cannot be legally sold to children under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47100/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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My current legislative priority is the comprehensive regulation of e-cigarettes including a ban on disposable vapes. I am considering possible approaches to the regulation of nicotine pouches. The regulation of these products has already been discussed at EU level in the context of a revised Tobacco Products Directive. Recognizing that EU wide measures would be the most effective, I have on behalf of Ireland and several other Member States, recently called on the European Commission to bring forward the revised Tobacco Products Directive as soon as possible.