Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No, I simply wish to record my sincere personal thanks to the coronary care unit in St James's Hospital. However, I note that Dr. O'Connell's sentence, "this Bill represents an important further step on the road" did not complete the sentence with "to a tobacco-free Ireland". I emphasise that is something to which we all are agreed. I have one minor point in respect of Professor Clancy's statement "to realise that longer and healthier and more prosperous lives are possible without tobacco". I would change "possible" to "guaranteed". While that is where I am coming from, I would like to tease out the point that the joint committee is not going through this exercise just for the sake of doing something. Members need to grapple with this and I wish to be a part of creating a tobacco-free Ireland.