Ms Deirdre Drennan:

We have approached Minister of State, Deputy Perry, and we have met him on a number of occasions to discuss in detail the content of the presentation we have made today.

We have discussed the application with him in particular. We would be delighted to meet the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, on any occasion. If the committee could help us to achieve that, we would be very grateful.

As regards cigarettes coming in from foreign holidays, the legislation as currently framed makes it so easy to bring in thousands of cigarettes. One can sail through the airport and claim they are for personal consumption or that they were bought for friends or relations We think the application could help to deter proxy sales because those cigarettes would then have to be sold on somewhere. If they are sold at open fairs or markets and are in locations with which we are all familiar, they are blatantly sold. If gardaí have an application on a smart phone, they can approach the person once they witness the sale and can then implement a prosecution. The application would help with that.