Consultation Response: Review of Alcohol Licensing in Ireland

Abstract

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland The Institute of Public Health informs public policy to support healthier populations in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Set up in 1998, the Institute is jointly funded by the Departments of Health in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Our key priorities are promoting health and wellbeing, improving health equity, and reducing health inequalities. We work to achieve these by focusing on Evidence, Policy and Partnership. The Institute has a team of public health and policy development specialists based in Dublin and Belfast.

The Institute of Public Health chairs and provides the secretariat for the North South Alcohol Policy Advisory Group (NSAPAG) was established in 2013 at the request of the Chief Medical Officers in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The aim of the NSAPAG is to contribute to reducing alcohol-related harm on the island of Ireland. The NSAPAG seeks to strengthen all- island alcohol initiatives, develop opportunities for North South cooperation on alcohol and identify policy solutions and other measures to improve the legislative and regulatory arrangements impacting on supply and use of alcohol. Membership comprises representatives from government departments, academia, professional bodies and healthcare delivery agencies. Previous events, reports and outputs of the NSAPAG can be found at www.publichealth.ie