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Thursday, 15 September 2022

Questions (288)

Patrick Costello

Question:

288. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1508 of 8 September 2022, if his Department will legislate on a national level for the display of calorie information on individual bottles and cans of alcohol products not just on the larger containers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/22]

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Minister for Health

Further to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 1508, section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act on alcohol labelling applies to all alcohol containers. As set out in section 2 of the Act, "container" means, in relation to an alcohol product, a bottle or other container.