Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The reports have been on the health benefits of the policy. While there is much expertise in this Chamber, I am not quite sure there is any scientific expertise. As legislators we need to have regard for the science, not to accept it blindly and to see what the preponderance of the evidence is. One will always find one study that will differ from others. There will always be people complaining or criticising.

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