John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is absurd. It is nonsensical. That is what people are saying. If the members love and cherish the staff who work in Leinster House they will do everything in their power to encourage them to overcome their addiction. I have taken soundings from many of the staff in Leinster House and I am rather more sympathetic to the staff than I am to the parliamentarians for many reasons. I have asked them their opinion and the non-smokers are overwhelmingly in support of the idea of banning smoking on the Leinster House complex. The people who are raising objections are addicts. The members are not listening to the rational reasoning of people who are making a free choice. They are listening to the product of addiction thinking. They are not doing anybody a favour by making it easier for them to-----