Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Dail Éireann — 2026-06-16
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

The European Union has proposed a new delegated Act that classifies nitrous oxide as harmful to reproductive health and this is to come into place by February 2027. In January of this year, the Government kicked down the road by nine months the Sinn Féin legislation that would have regulated nitrous oxide. What has the Government done in the past five months to tackle the misuse of nitrous oxide? What has it done to prepare for the EU delegated Act that is coming in next year?

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Sitting date: 2026-06-16