Mr. Martin Mulligan:

The highest incidence of non-Irish duty paid cigarettes was in Waterford at 44.5% followed by Kildare at 41%. Three counties had no convictions for tobacco offences and Kildare was one of them along with Sligo and Roscommon. I am from the heart of the midlands and I see people trading openly and going door to door with tobacco. It is amazing that these counties have had no convictions.