Tobacco Control Measures

579. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if legislation is being considered, similar to that set to be introduced in the UK, that will create a smoke-free generation by banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53039/25]

858. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding the future of vaping, particularly with regard to rules introduced in neighbouring jurisdictions and in the North of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51374/25]

3066. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will ban flavoured vapes, limit nicotine concentration levels and introduce plain packaging and mandatory health warnings on packaging of vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43067/25]

3067. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised, per hospital, due to vaping related illnesses or injuries in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43068/25]

3068. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has allocated funding to any initiatives aimed at reducing the use of vapes, specifically among younger people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43069/25]

685. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given by her Department for the inclusion of vape devices (details supplied) in the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, in view that although the devices are marketed as rechargeable and replaceable because of supplementary pods they remain fundamentally environmentally wasteful; ar…

686. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of vape devices (details supplied); if her Department will legislate for them in the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35296/25]

687. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has analysed the research that is available re the dangers of vape devices (details supplied); the action proposed to be taken in order to restrict their use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35297/25]

53. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering amending the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 to ensure that this includes the advertising of all nicotine products, including nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34931/25]

192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 29 February 2024, and given the continuing prevalence of the large, colourful and attention-grabbing tobacco price lists used in shops to highlight certain tobacco products, if she will examine providing for such amendment in the Bill to further regulate nicotine inhaling products, which is curren…

232. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of implementing a ban on the sale of all nicotine inhaling products within a 500-metre radius of any primary or secondary school; if any research into this proposal has been carried out by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/25]

233. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any research her Department has carried out into the health impact of smokeless tobacco products, including but not limited to, nicotine pouches; if consideration has been given to put the same level of restriction on these products that apply to cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34947/25]

837. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she has had regard to the matter of banning of single-use lithium battery-based nicotine delivery products; if she is aware of the fire risk, as well as public health risk posed by such products; if her officials have had regard to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34159/25]

915. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if she can provide any estimate of the number of smokers that are expected to relapse; and if she will make a statement …

916. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the impact the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 will have on speciality vape shops, which will be forced to close if all vape flavours are banned; if she has quantified the burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on…

1490. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on long awaited legislation to ban flavoured nicotine inhaling devices and restrict the packaging design and advertising of nicotine inhaling devices. [29901/25]

1491. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned ban on disposable nicotine inhaling devices. [29902/25]

584. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; if she will outline her plan to regulate or ban vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/25]

792. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider advocating for changes at EU level in the revision of the tobacco tax Directive such that the law will facilitate, rather than prevent, generational bans, as some countries are considering such generational bans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25230/25]

881. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25936/25]

882. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State in terms of health spending; if her Department will be conducting an updated 2025 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/25]

883. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/25]

1039. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if smaller and independent shopkeepers will be exempted from the hefty tobacco products licence fees, as per the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, given that currently small shops are obligated to pay the same fees as a large-scale supermarkets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/25]

1177. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the potential impact of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 on specialty vape shops from a ban on vape flavours; if she has quantified the potential burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers, including in the forecourt and convenience sector; and if…

1178. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline if her Department has fully examined the regulatory impact analysis of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if her Department has conducted any research into the estimated number of smokers that may relapse as a result…