Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are meeting to deal with Committee Stage of the Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012, changed from the Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012. I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, and Ms Geraldine Luddy from the Department of Health. I acknowledge the presence in the Visitors Gallery of Senator Jillian van Turnhout, one of the co-sponsors of the Bill, and compliment her on her work on it. She is most welcome. I invite the Minister to make his opening remarks.