Mr. Paul Candon:

I could leave here now and within ten minutes I could bring back tobacco which has been imported illegally and sold to minors with no control. Retail Excellence Ireland members absolutely adhere to the legislation. Garda stings are put in place and significant training is given. I work with Topaz Energy which has 321 forecourt outlets in Ireland and all of them sell tobacco. Tobacco makes up 30% of the shops' total turnover. The impact of a reduction of this to the stores will bring about closures and job losses and there is no doubt about this.