asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that contraceptives are being advertised for sale in MIMS; and the action if any, it is intended to take bearing in mind the provisions of section 17 (1) of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1935.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Advertising of Contraceptives.
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The question implies that the advertisements are in breach of the law. I wish to make it clear for the record that I am not to be taken either as accepting or as commenting in any way on that as it is not a matter in which I as Minister for Justice have any function. On the question of possible action, I am informed by the Garda authorities that, on the basis of a decision given by the Director of Public Prosecutions in a previous similar case, the gardaí do not propose to take any action in relation to the advertisements mentioned.