Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Declan Connolly:

This is a bit like when I was addressing Deputy Hourigan earlier. This is another one of those products that I sell because there is a demand for it. I accept that the packaging on the product should be better and more responsible. This is where we would like to sit down with the legislators and the decision makers, be it the HSE, the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland or whomever. Bear in mind that very few of these products are made in Ireland. If we had a way of going back to the manufacturers to say that we are in trouble and cannot sell these products here when they are packaged in this way, then we might get places. The majority of products are-----