The National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group reported in February 2012 after three years of study.
The recommendations (most, but not all) of the expert group, set up by the Department of Health, formed the basis of the much-troubled Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, which is due back before the Oireachtas tomorrow.
This is how the report compares with the bill on key areas.
Sports sponsorship
Report: Drinks industry sponsorship of sport and other large public events should be phased out by 2016 (subsequently pushed out to 2020). The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as well as the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht dissented.
Bill: Absent. This provision caused considerable opposition among a number of ministers, the industry, and sporting bodies. It was kicked to touch (via a working group) in Cabinet proposals in October 2013 and abandoned in January 2015 on the basis there was no alternative funding available.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, irishexaminer.com, 25/09/2018
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