Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not withdraw it. The Minister may revert to me when he is replying.

The Minister may not be aware that the US Environmental Protection Agency study that gave rise to this type of figure was found by the federal court in the United States to have "knowingly, wilfully, and aggressively disseminated false information with far reaching regulatory implications in the US and worldwide". On account of this, the court ordered a summary judgment against the agency and nullified the its environmental tobacco smoke risk assessment. I will quote examples from other countries before the Minister gets up on his high horse again.

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