Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed)
1:50 pm
Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I asked about the membership of the committee. I could go through several members of the committee where I have questions and where I feel there should have been a clearer declaration but I am really concerned about one specific member. Do the speakers have a similar concern? How did he become a member of the committee?
In its submission, the society said that Ireland is proposing to extinguish intellectual property rights. I said to the speakers that we have banned billboard advertising and increased our health warnings so what Ireland is proposing to do is to restrict or limit these rights. I do not agree with the use of the word "extinguish". How did the speakers come to that conclusion?
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