459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to providing a statutory definition of a specialist retailer of nicotine inhaling products, distinguishing premises whose primary business is the sale of such products from general retailers, in view of the difficulty in defining a vape shop identified by the Minister of State with responsibility for public health; whether her Department has engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on such a definition for planning purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75280/26]

The definitions in public health law related to nicotine inhaling products and their sale are those that are necessary for and specific to the measures in relevant legislation such as the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026. Planning law and related definitions are a matter for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.