Make Your Voice Heard on the Public Health Alcohol Bill
| Individuals and organisations concerned about alcohol harm are being invited to make their voice heard on the Public Health Alcohol Bill.The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has issued an invitation to interested individuals and groups to have their say on proposed legislation on alcohol. The Heads of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill were published on February 4 and are accessible here.
The Bill sets out to provide for health labelling of alcohol products; minimum unit pricing; regulation of marketing and advertising of alcohol, and enforcement powers for Environmental Health Officers.Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has referred the draft General Scheme to the Joint Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny. As part of the process, the Committee is inviting input from organisations and individuals on the proposals.
Written submissions should be sent electronically by email (MS Word or equivalent) and should be received not later than 3pm on March 5th 2015 at the following email address only: publichealthbill@oireachtas.ie
Read more and make a submission. |
Last Updated: February 18, 2015 by Mary Mitchell O'Connor
Make Your Voice Heard on the Public Health Alcohol Bill
The Bill sets out to provide for health labelling of alcohol products; minimum unit pricing; regulation of marketing and advertising of alcohol, and enforcement powers for Environmental Health Officers.Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has referred the draft General Scheme to the Joint Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny. As part of the process, the Committee is inviting input from organisations and individuals on the proposals.
Written submissions should be sent electronically by email (MS Word or equivalent) and should be received not later than 3pm on March 5th 2015 at the following email address only: publichealthbill@oireachtas.ie
Read more and make a submission.
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