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

No; come on now. I have prepared for this not thinking there would be other people here. Let me continue, please. I am on a roll here.

Does Mr. Meagher believe that his industry has a problem because one in two smokers will die from a smoking habit? His industry has to find a replacement for every person who dies. He gave three predictable consequences if we introduce plain packaging. I had crocodile tears welling up in my eyes listening to him. The consequence of people smoking cigarettes is that half of them will die from smoke-related disease.

I found Mr. Freda's presentation to be very slick. He talked about changing the landscape but the landscape is that 50% of smokers are dying. I do not care what he says but that is what is happening.