Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health

12:35 pm

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Yes, it was recommended in the Tobacco Free Ireland report. The Department is on the ball.

Senator Crown referred to threats from the American Chamber of Commerce and he is correct that letters were written to try to intimidate us. They were not written by the American Chamber of Commerce but by people represented by the chamber who described themselves as something else. I believe there were six signatories to the letter.