Dr. Tony Holohan:

In the deliberations on the heads of the Bill, we should be in a position to have a report of the format. To be clear, that was in response to the tobacco products directive. Some of the submissions made reference to standardised packaging and for that reason they informed some of our thinking, but it was not specifically about standardised packages. Once we have it, we will make the report available to the members of the committee if they wish. These submissions add to the significant increase in our workload that we have noticed in the form of freedom of information requests and other forms of activity that are generated directly or indirectly by the tobacco industry. Part of the strategy is to delay us by affecting our capacity to get the necessary work done for the legislation process by diverting us into some of these other activities. No doubt that is a tactical exercise on behalf of the industry. I think I have dealt with the remaining questions.