Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to repeat what Senator Jillian van Turnhout has just said and, in particular, what the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, stated. The Senator quoted some of the Minister's comments, but the important point he wanted to make was that the legitimate trade was involved in the production of illicit cigarettes. Unfortunately, Senator John Crown is not here today, but two or three weeks ago he made a passionate plea on this issue. He has held that the legitimate tobacco companies are flooding the market with illicit, not counterfeit, cigarettes. That was something I learned of which I had not been aware.

I will make one other point.