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Healthy Ireland Alcohol policy
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Alcohol affects your body and brain, increases many health risks and can damage your mental health. The misuse of alcohol and harmful patterns of drinking not only include negative effects on the health of those drinking too much, but also cause harm to families and society as a whole.
The Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 was signed into law on 17 October 2018. For the first time, this legislation seeks to address the negative impacts of consumption on public health grounds. It is part of a suite of measures designed to reduce alcohol consumption and limit the damage to the nation’s health, society and economy.
The primary policy objectives of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 are to:
- reduce alcohol consumption to 9.1 litres of pure alcohol per person per annum by 2020
- delay the initiation of alcohol consumption by children and young people
- reduce the harms caused by the misuse of alcohol
- ensure the supply and price of alcohol is regulated and controlled in order to minimise the possibility and incidence of alcohol related harm
The Act includes provisions for minimum unit pricing, structural separation, health labelling on products that contain alcohol, restrictions on the advertising and marketing of alcohol, the regulation of sports sponsorship and restrictions on certain promotional activities.
The following guidance documents have been published to help with the implementation of the legislation:
Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (Number 249 Of 2023) - Guidance For Industry on Section 12 of the Act (Labelling of alcohol products and notices in licensed premises) July 2024
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 - Section 19 Guidance April 2024
This document provides guidance on the new measures to be introduced by the legislation relating to restrictions on the times which alcohol advertisements can be broadcast on radio and television.
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018: Section 11 Minimum price of alcohol products - Guidance
This document provides guidance on the new measures to be introduced by the legislation relating to the minimum price of alcohol products.
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018- Section 15 & Section 16 Guidance October 2021
This document provides guidance on the new measures to be introduced by the legislation relating to restrictions on advertising during events and sponsorship of certain events.
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 - Section 22 Guidance September 2019 ga
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 - Section 22 Guidance July 2019 ga
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Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (Sale and Supply of Alcohol Products) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 4/2020) – Guidance for Industry January 2021.
This document provides guidance on the Regulations relating to the sale and supply of alcohol products made under Section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018.
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AskAboutAlcohol.ie is a HSE website which provides information on alcohol – about how much we’re drinking, how it affects us health-wise, and how we can gain more by drinking less.
The website has been created to provide an authoritative information source on alcohol risk and offers support and guidance to anyone who wants to cut back on their drinking.