John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am going to depart from my prepared questions in order to ask the Minister to clarify something. Thankfully, I have had an hour and a half to calm down about this matter. It is reported in today's edition of The Irish Times that on 7 May the Taoiseach, together with the Ministers for Finance and Justice and Equality, Deputies Michael Noonan and Alan Shatter, held a meeting with representatives of the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Association, namely, Mr. Stephen Donaldson from P. J. Carroll, Mr. Andrew Meagher from Players and Mr. John Freda from Japan Tobacco International.