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Health Committee passes bill on tobacco age restrictions

14 Oct Vaping products remain exempt, raising concerns about enforcement and potential confusion for retailers

Examples of plain packaging used in Australia

Retailers disappointed by Health Committee report on plain packaging

7 Apr 'Legitimate concerns of shop owners discarded' in rush to introduce plain packaging policy, says NFRN

“The motion was timely, not only because this is a day being hijacked as a marketing gimmick by a major drinks company, but also given the important body of work done in this area by former Minister of State Roisín Shortall.” – Committee Chairman Jerry Buttimer.

Health Committee calls for ‘Sale of Alcohol’ Bill to be brought forward

28 Sep The Joint Committee on Health and Children has called on the Government to bring the Sale of Alcohol bill before the Oireachtas as quickly as...

Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children Chairman Jerry Buttimer - “It is the Committee’s belief that there is no single measure which will solve the problem of alcohol misuse”.

Health Committee discusses substance misuse strategy with Róisin Shortall

15 Mar Minister of State with responsibility for primary care Roisin Shortall TD today attends the meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and...

Over the coming weeks the Committee will continue to focus and prioritise the issues of alcohol use, marketing and pricing. At the end of this period it is our intention to prepare a comprehensive report on our deliberations.

ABFI addresses Health Committee

11 Nov The Committee on Health and Children continued its examination of the effects of alcohol marketing on young people when it met with a selection of...

FSAI publishes first healthy eating recommendations for one to five year-olds

23 Jun Parents and guardians are warned against using some beverages such as almond ‘milk’, coconut ‘milk’ and rice ‘milk’, as milk substitutes...

16.5% of all cigarettes consumed in 2015 were illiegal

CSNA full response to Department of Health public consultation

19 Jan The CSNA's comprehensive response to public consultation on legislation surrounding tobacco and NMNDS sales

Oireachtas committee recommends against alcohol ban in sports

2 Jul Report says alcohol sponsorship ban would hurt sports industry

Men aged 50 to 64 were the most likely to consume alcohol at least twice weekly according to the survey.

50–64 year-olds most likely to consume alcohol at least twice weekly – Health survey

28 Sep Former Minister for State with responsibility for Primary Care Roisín Shortall TD recently launched Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Related Harm in...

Roisin Shortall argued that there can be "no room for equivocation" by Government and that no punches would be pulled when the action plan was finally published.

‘Robust set of measures to tackle alcohol abuse’ in forthcoming Public Health Bill

26 Mar The Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care Roisin Shortall’s commitment to bring forward a public health bill to address the...