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Ireland, 1,000 people are diagnosed with alcohol-related cancers. The less you drink, the lower your risk. Therefore, any suggested association between sport and alcohol sends the wrong message to children. This link must be broken. According to Alcohol Action Ireland, approximately 50,000 children take … norm rather than the exception in this country, is a known risk factor for later alcohol dependency. In fact, the Irish drug and alcohol survey found that 37% of 15- to 24-year-olds had an alcohol use disorder. This should be setting off alarm bells. We also

parent." This event will provide information on HHC and is designed to support parents and guardians who are concerned about vaping and emerging drug trends among young people. It will also provide information on prevention strategies and discuss the role of parents in guiding healthy decisions. These … programmes targeted specifically at children on the dangers of vaping and nicotine use and that can be controlled nationwide and run through sports and youth clubs and local authorities. I will give an example. In my own area, I attended the launch of the Not Around Us campaign

told the Minister of State in this House that an eight-year-old child, well known to the Garda, is being used for drug trafficking in Cork city. He is rewarded with bottles of Coke and a couple of bags of sweets. That is how difficult things have … agree that we have to invest in our young people. However, we have fantastic hurling and football clubs, tennis clubs and other sports clubs. We have fantastic speech, drama and all those type of clubs around my city, but there is still a cohort involved in antisocial behaviour