Young FG does not back drinking at 16

PAUL KINSELLA says he agrees with Young Fine Gael’s call to lower the legal drinking age to 16 (Irish Examiner letters, August 16).

Young Fine Gael does not support this. In recent weeks we have been engaged in a major process of debate and consultation on the reform of alcohol policy.

This process has encouraged an unprecedented number of young people to get involved in important policy debate and it has also sparked serious deliberation and analysis of the various approaches to tackling alcohol abuse.