289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retailers of nicotine-inhaling products inspected by the National Environmental Health Service more than once in the same calendar year in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those retailers referred for summary proceedings as repeat offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49980/26]
Topics / Tobacco Control Measures
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTobacco Control Measures
142 questions from 34 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the expected court dates for the three prosecution cases currently before the District Court against retailers of nicotine-inhaling products referenced in a reply to the Deputy dated 16 June 2026; the legislative basis applied in determining penalties in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/26]
824. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE plans to publish a tobacco retailers licence list and a nicotine inhaling products licence list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49188/26]
679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the test purchase inspections for nicotine inhaling products carried out by the National Environmental Health Service in each of years from 2024 to 2025, and to-date in 2026; the number of retailers found selling to children in each county; and the number of resulting prosecutions, by county, in tabular form. [46969/26]
680. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of convictions secured arising from prosecutions for the sale of nicotine inhaling products to children in each of the years 2024 to 2025, and to- date in 2026; and the penalties imposed by the courts in each case. [46970/26]
681. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of repeat offenders identified through the National Environmental Health Service test purchase programme for nicotine inhaling products since 2024; and whether consideration has been given to enhanced sanctions for repeat breaches. [46971/26]
182. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the likelihood of the Tobacco Products Directive and Tobacco Advertising Directive files falling to the Irish Presidency to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45986/26]
2276. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any legislative requirement for retailers of smokeless nicotine and tobacco products to be either registered or licenced to sell these products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43539/26]
2277. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to, and expenditure incurred by, the HSE QUIT smoking cessation services in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the services and supports funded under this allocation; the expenditure attributable to each service or programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43542/26]
511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vape retail outlets operating in the State in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40861/26]
512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department maintains a national register or database of vape retail outlets operating within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40862/26]
513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a public health assessment has been undertaken regarding the concentration or proliferation of vape and smoke retail outlets in Irish cities, towns and villages over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40863/26]
514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if an assessment has been undertaken regarding youth exposure to nicotine-related advertising, branding or retail visibility arising from the increasing number of vape and smoke retail outlets operating in town and city centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40864/26]
515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance checks, enforcement actions, fixed penalty notices and prosecutions relating to the sale of vaping or nicotine products to minors in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40865/26]
516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a national licensing system for vape and smoke retail outlets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40866/26]
517. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a review has been undertaken regarding the environmental and public health impact associated with disposable vaping products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40867/26]
722. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retail premises licensed or registered to sell vaping products in Ireland as of the most recent data available; whether her Department has assessed the density of such premises relative to schools and youth facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41303/26]
723. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections carried out by the Environmental Health Service on vape shops and retailers selling vaping products in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of compliance notices or enforcement actions that resulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41304/26]
724. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to introduce further restrictions on the advertising, display, or flavouring of vaping products in retail premises; the timeline for any such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41305/26]
59. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the findings of the recent survey (details supplied) which found the associated notional tax loss to the Exchequer stands at approximately €645m per annum; if he accepts that further increases in tobacco excise may risk stagnating revenues by driving more consumers towards illicit and non-Irish duty paid tobacco products; and if…
456. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the recent Revenue survey on illegal tobacco consumption and the resulting estimated loss in excise revenue, if his attention has been drawn to continued increases in tobacco excise duties which have the unintended consequence of expanding the illicit market, reducing Exchequer receipts, and increasing the consumption of non-Irish duty pa…
1144. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether Ireland intends to use its Presidency of the Council of the European Union to advocate for the inclusion of provisions within any revised tobacco products directive that would permit member states to introduce generational tobacco sales restrictions, similar to those enacted in the United Kingdom under the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2025; whether her Department…
1145. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has submitted Ireland's health priorities for inclusion in the eighteen-month Trio Presidency programme being developed with Lithuania and Greece; if so, whether she will outline those priorities; whether the programme will address the regulation of tobacco and novel nicotine products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/2…
1146. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether Ireland intends to seek Council conclusions on tobacco control during its Presidency; if so, the proposed scope of such conclusions; whether such conclusions would address the regulatory treatment of novel nicotine products; and whether she has consulted with other Member States on this matter. [32833/26]
1147. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health in light of the European Commission's evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive published on 2 April 2026, which found that smoking prevalence across the EU has fallen from 28% in 2012 to 24% in 2023 but that the interim goal of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan to achieve a 30% reduction in tobacco use by 2025 has not been met; the additional measures she believes …