{"id":12851,"date":"2025-06-26T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:00:22","slug":"delay-of-essential-alcohol-labelling-measure-would-be-a-retrograde-step-for-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/delay-of-essential-alcohol-labelling-measure-would-be-a-retrograde-step-for-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Delay of essential alcohol labelling measure would be a retrograde step for public health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s outrageous that the government is willing to sacrifice an essential public health measure to keep the alcohol industry happy, according to Social Democrats TD Sin\u00e9ad Gibney.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Gibney said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable that alcohol labelling has officially been put on the back burner &#8211; sacrificing public health measures in favour of appeasing the alcohol lobby is a dangerous precedent to set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are squandering our chance to lead on this as a country and make sure people are informed of the risks of alcohol to their health &#8211; with all of the people negatively affected by alcohol in this country, it is appalling to see the commitment to address this issue being paused indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed measure was eight years in the making and is one T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris introduced himself as Health Minister &#8211; we should not be taking backwards steps when it comes to essential public health policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pause is particularly frustrating in light of the number of small and medium enterprises who are worried about their future &#8211; the measure would not impact our producers\u2019 exports as it only puts the onus on the seller to ensure correct labelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply unfair to market this delay as a support in response to tariffs &#8211; if the intention was to support SMEs, we would be helping them redesign labels, not leave them uncertain of when they need to be ready to introduce this change to their products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnterprise Minister Peter Burke must revoke his request to the Health Minister to delay this important public health measure, or, better yet, the T\u00e1naiste should take control of this situation and do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>June 26th, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s outrageous that the government is willing to sacrifice an essential public health measure to keep the alcohol industry happy, according to Social Democrats TD Sin\u00e9ad Gibney. 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