Poll: Should Ireland introduce a sugar tax?

The ‘sin tax’ came into force in France earlier this year. Should we follow suit?

ACCORDING TO AN Irish Independent report today, Health Minister James Reilly is considering a so-called sugar tax on soft drinks.

The Government believes that the excise could double job as a revenue raising mechanism, as well as a measure to curb obesity.

Fizzy drinks are already subject to a 23 per cent VAT rate and any new tax could see the price of a bottle of Cola increase by 20 cent. At the beginning of the year, France introduced a similar duty and expects it to raise an extra €120 in revenue but it angered soft drinks giant Coca-Cola, who pulled out of a planned multi-million-euro investment.

Do you think it is a good idea? Should Ireland introduce a sugar tax?

Poll Results:

No (2046)

Yes (1376)

I don't know (850)

Yes
No
I don't know

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Chinese artist Liu Bolin waits for his colleagues to put a finishing touch on him to blend into rows of soft drinks in his artwork entitled "Plasticizer" to express his speechlessness at use of plasticizer in food additives. AP/Press Association Images

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