Industry’s capture of political leadership: how can advocacy for alcohol control breakthrough?
This paper was first presented at the Sixth Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Dublin, Ireland. March 9-11, 2020 by Eunan McKinney, Head Communications and Advocacy, Alcohol Action Ireland.
March 24, 2020 - 129.9 KiB
AAI_Silent Voices response to Draft Primary Curriculum Framework
Alcohol Action Ireland (Silent Voices) response to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment's Draft Primary Curriculum Framework.
March 23, 2020 - 177.9 KiB
Election 2020
Alcohol Action Ireland Election 2020
What we expect from the forthcoming 33rd Dáil and a new Government.
January 21, 2020 - 6.3 MiB
Silent Voices Manifesto
The specific actions required to advance the primary objectives of ‘Silent Voices’
December 16, 2019 - 737.4 KiB
Contribution to EU TRIS Notification 2019/423/IRL
Alcohol Action Ireland contribution to the EU's TRIS notification process - 2019/423/IRL - on the draft regulations for the sale and supply of alcohol products, as submitted to the Commission September 2019, under Section 23, Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018.
December 4, 2019 - 251.5 KiB
Leading Change: A Society Free from Alcohol Harm
Alcohol Action Ireland
Leading change: A society free from Alcohol Harm
Strategic Plan 2020-2024
November 13, 2019 - 4.3 MiB
Consultation on the implementation of the WHO global strategy alcohol
The WHO Director-General is to “report to the Seventy-third World Health Assembly in 2020, through the Executive Board, on the implementation of WHO’s global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol during the first decade since its endorsement, and the way forward”.
To this end, the WHO Secretariat hosted a consultation from 24 October 2019 until 4 November 2019 on a discussion paper dated 21 October 2019. Member States, UN organizations and non-State actors were invited to submit their comments.
In this document you will find our submission.
November 8, 2019 - 201.3 KiB
Strategy Submission to DCYA
Submission to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Statement of Strategy, 2020-2022.
September 18, 2019 - 427.7 KiB
Alcohol Action Ireland Pre-Budget Submission 2020
This Pre-Budget submission seeks to advise the Minister’s consideration of Budget 2020 on four important
matters: alcohol products tax; state subsidies to the alcohol industry; establishment of social responsibility levy on Off-Trade alcohol sales and the introduction of Minimum unit pricing for alcohol products.
August 26, 2019 - 389.2 KiB
2019 Annual Price Survey
The Market review and Price survey was carried out in two Dublin locations: city centre and north county; one regional city: Sligo, and one town: Longford, by Alcohol Action Ireland between 24 -26 July 2019.
A range of convenience stores and supermarkets were surveyed: Aldi, Centra, Dunnes, Lidl, Spar, Supervalu and Tesco.
As well as the retail price, the survey shows the price per standard drink (10 grams of alcohol) contained in the product, to illustrate how much it costs for a woman and man to reach a low-risk drinking guideline limit, if purchasing the cheapest alcohol products for sale in the off-trade.
July 31, 2019 - 43.6 KiB