Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have had the experience in other arenas of walking out of an office to be confronted by smoke.

However, I have never experienced it in the Leinster House complex. I am a non-smoker. I have never smoked, and I have not had the experience of my health being directly adversely affected by the smoking of others. I am hesitant about saying we should ban smoking on the entire campus. We must do more to promote public health. I would love to see the day when we get to that stage but I have a difficulty in that the vast majority of Members are only in Leinster House for part of the week, while staff are present all week and must be included in whatever considerations are being made.