Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall has said she is in favour of introducing a minimum price for alcohol being sold in supermarkets and other shops to make alcohol products more expensive.
She said such a measure could put an end to the practice of major retailers selling alcohol below cost at prices that encouraged excessive consumption, particularly among the young.
Ms Shortall told the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children that price-related proposals to curb the sale of alcohol were being considered at present in the formulation of the new national substance misuse strategy.
Source: Conor Lally, Irish Times, 23/09/2011
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