Youth organisation calls for alcohol tax hike
A leading youth organisation has called on the Government to raise taxes on alcohol in an effort to cut alcohol abuse.
Youth Work Ireland, the umbrella group for voluntary youth services, said the Government should learn from the Conservative Party in Britain, which is demanding similar action in the UK.
Spokesperson Michael McLoughlin said that increasing taxation has been shown to work, particularly on products targeted at young people.
"There's only been one experience in Ireland so far, and that was about three or four years ago when there was an increase in the price of spirits and alcopops in the Budget, and it was shown to cause a decrease in the amount of consumption," he said.
