Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, Roisin Shortall, TD, will attend the meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, 15th March to discuss the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “In January this Committee launched a major report The misuse of alcohol and other drugs which called for an end to VAT refunds on below-cost sales of alcohol and for the Government to explore the option of a ban on all retail advertising relating to the discounting of alcoholic products. The report also confirmed that a majority of the Committee support moving towards introducing minimum pricing in respect of alcoholic drinks.
Source: oireachtas.ie, 14/03/2011
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