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[Oireachtas] Joint Committee on Health and Children debate: alcohol marketing: discussion resumed. (17 Nov 2011)

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Chairman: I welcome all of our visitors. Representing the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland we have Mr. Edward McCumiskey, president, and Mr. Frank Goodman, chief executive. Also present are Mr. Peter Cassells, chairman, and Ms Orla Twomey, secretary, of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body; and Mr. Patrick Hickey and Mr. Ian Young, managing directors of Rothco and Irish International advertising agencies, respectively. They are welcome to one of a series of meetings on the issue of alcohol and young people.

Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the joint committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only evidence connected with the subject matter of these proceedings is to be given and asked to respect the parliamentary practice to the effect that, where possible, they do not criticise or make charges against a person or persons or an entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they do not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.

The committee’s practice has been to invite delegates to make their presentations, after which questions are taken from members in groups of three. I invite Mr. McCumiskey to begin.

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Item Type

Dail Debates

Publication Type

Irish-related

Drug Type

Alcohol

Intervention Type

Harm reduction, Policy

Source

Oireachtas

Date