Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-11-07
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

An age card "relating to the person so specified". Essentially, it is saying that if somebody comes in with a fake ID, that is a defence - of course it is - for the retailer. I am comfortable that this provision has been successfully used in the course of the past 22 years. There was eminent legal advice from the Attorney General at the time and I am comfortable that it will survive the next 22 years.

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Sitting date: 2024-11-07