Health Minister asks HSE to respond on Structural Separation compliance
Minister Stephen Donnelly has asked the Health Service Executive to respond to deputy Gary Gannon directly, "as soon as possible"
Print8 December 2020
As RGDATA reported in its weekly newsletter earlier today, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has answered two Dail PQs, put forward by Gary Gannon TD about compliance with the 12 November deadline for the structural separation of alcohol products in a mixed trading shop.
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has informed him if all retailers met the 12 November 2020 deadline for the structural separation of alcohol under the public health legislation.
Minister Donnelly responded that enforcement of the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act is a matter for the Environmental Health Service division of the Health Service Executive.
He said that he did not receive reports from the Environmental Health Service on compliance with individual provisions.
Deputy Gary Gannon also asked the Minister for Health if retailers that have failed to meet the 12 November 2020 deadline for the structural separation of alcohol under the public health legislation have been contacted regarding their failure to meet the deadline; the steps he now plans to take; and if he plans to instruct the HSE to take prosecutions under the legislation.
Minister Donnelly said he has asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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