Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I said this morning that every time I come here, I listen and learn. Sitting on this committee is an education. Reading about copyright, one can see that it is all about the design, package, graphics and colour. We are not talking about a designer handbag, pair of runners or tracksuit. I will read a piece from a survey carried out by the Irish Cancer Society because it sums up why we should bring in plain packaging. We are all singing off the same hymn sheet. It is not just the cigarette. It is the packaging. It is the whirls on the package and the colour. They look fabulous and one wants to have them sitting on the table to say that one owns them. That sums it all up for me. This is not about whether people should have the right to market certain things that lead to people's deaths. That is what it is about for me.