Wine should not sell for less than €10 a bottle, the Oireachtas health committee has urged as it called for tougher measures to stem harmful drinking.
The committee wants the minimum price for alcohol set at the upper level of €1.10 per unit being considered by the Government.
This would see the price of the standard bottle of wine with 13% alcohol content top €10 in shops.
A shake-up of the way drinks are sold would also see alcohol products displaying similar health warnings to those on cigarette packets.
Calorie details and alcohol levels would also need to be prominent, according to the report released today.
“Clear health warnings are to be included on alcohol products, indicating that alcohol causes disease. Health warnings should be given prominence with an emphasis on visual graphic designs for maximum effect,” the report states.
Committee chairman Jerry Buttimer denied that its members were killjoys effectively introducing a “booze tax” by the backdoor.
“This is a practical, and workable way of reducing the Calorie details and alcohol levels would also need to be prominent, according to the report released today.
Source: Shaun Connolly, Irish Examiner, 22/06/15
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