Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 December 2023
231. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with the European Commission at the World Trade Organisation and the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee Meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55607/23]
View answerFollowing EU assessment, regulations under section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 were notified to the World Trade Organisation.
The European Commission is the party that formally represents the regulations at the WTO and attends the relevant meetings. It is the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, rather than my Department, that liaises directly with the European Commission in relation to the notification.
