[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 565 - Alcohol pricing [6293/14]. (11 Feb 2014)
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565. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of alcohol (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/14]
Minister for Health (Deputy James Reilly): The Government has approved an extensive package of measures to deal with alcohol misuse, on foot of the recommendations in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy. Legislation is being developed to provide for, inter alia, a minimum unit price for alcohol. This is a mechanism of imposing a statutory floor in price levels per gram of alcohol that must be legally observed by retailers in both the on and off trade sector.
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