Mr. Mark Murphy:

On the matter of people travelling to Spain on holidays, the EU is looking into reducing the amount of tobacco and alcohol that can be brought back from other jurisdictions. The EU recognises that many countries, like Ireland, have a strong tobacco control policy and that it is a problem when many people come back from holidays or from their home countries bringing large quantities of tobacco. The EU is looking into that. With the EU it takes a while, perhaps a few years, but there was a consultation on it a few months ago which we responded to obviously agreeing that it should be clamped down on, and restricted. The EU is looking into the problem whereby people can go to another EU country where tobacco and cigarettes are sold for miniscule prices compared to here. We recognise that is a problem and the EU is looking into it. It definitely needs to be addressed in that sense.