Home > 642. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if there will be grant aid available to retailers to offset the cost of section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, namely structural separation if enacted. [15252/12]

Minister for Health (Deputy James Reilly): The position is that following receipt of the third Compliance Report on the Implementation of the Code of Practice on the Display and Sale of Alcohol in Mixed Trading Premises, my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality launched a public consultation process inviting views on the report and on the voluntary approach to implementing structural separation objectives in mixed trading premises preparatory to a decision on whether to commence the statutory provisions on structural separation in section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008.