David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is sensible as I would have some questions about increasing the legal age. It is more about teasing some of this out and looking at the international best practice and research. It would be sensible for the committee in making its recommendations on foot of the prelegislative scrutiny process to recommend that this measure would be examined separately and perhaps we, as a committee, could examine it also, but certainly it is an issue that needs to be examined and progressed.

On the flavouring issue, and this is a question for Ms Power first, there is no doubt and it cannot be argued that e-cigarette flavouring ranging from strawberry milkshake to bubble gum is anything other than targeting young people. How could that be targeting people in their 40s or 50s or 30s? It is obviously targeted at young people. I missed the first contribution as I was doing a media bit and I apologise if this question has been answered already, but why is a provision in this respect not in the Bill as presented? Where is the resistance coming from? Is there resistance within the Department to a ban on such flavouring? I would certainly support such a provision and also elements around advertising. What the organisations are proposing makes sense but it does not make sense that it is not in the legislation as presented. Ms Power might respond first to that point followed by Mr. Macey and I will leave my contribution at that.