Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is no need to push a substance like alcohol because people will use it anyway. The last thing we need is a sporting organisation connected with it. Hopefully people will see sense in that a 1% reduction in alcohol abuse in this country could yield €30 million. That would go a long way towards reducing the dependence on alcohol sponsorship of the organisations represented. It would also stop them having to come in here and nearly argue that it is not a bad thing when in fact such sponsorship is not in anyone's interest.