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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)
David Stanton: Are there prisoners who will not co-operate and who cannot be reached?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)
David Stanton: Costs were mentioned earlier, and the fact that prison governors were interested in tangible savings. Could we hear more about that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)
David Stanton: Except through what User Voice is doing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)
David Stanton: We thank Mr. Johnson for coming today. It was very interesting and we will follow the project's progress carefully and might invite Mr. Johnson back to review that progress. We are fascinated by this issue. We have come across a number of organisations here in our work on penal reform that are doing other work in a similar way, such as the Cornmarket Project in Wexford, which is very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: I thank Mr. Joe Sweeney, district president, Mr. Martin Mulligan, executive member, and Ms Deirdre Drennan of the development executive of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents for their attendance at the committee and thank them for giving of their time to be here. The format for the meeting is that I will invite the representatives to make brief opening remarks for five or six...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: I can already see Deputy Collins writing the legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Will Mr. Sweeney explain how a port scanner works?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: We are getting away from our brief now. That is a health issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Two questions have been asked. The first concerns the number of cigarettes people on holidays can bring in from abroad and the second is on the fall in the United Kingdom figures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Which is a grey area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: We do not wish to identify anyone here at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Sorry, can you tell the joint committee what is the actual legal limit as to the number of cigarettes one can bring in? I think that was the question. Is 200 cigarettes the limit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: The other question was on the fall recorded in the United Kingdom's statistics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: For how much are such cigarettes selling?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Is Mr. Sweeney saying there is a mark-up of €4.30 per packet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: What is the mark-up for retailers who pay tax?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: I understand the State gets about 76% of the cost. What does that 8% work out to be in monetary terms?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: Consequently, they are making €4.30 in the black market, while the retailers are making one euro in profit per packet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: The Deputy may ask one final question, as Deputy Finian McGrath has been waiting to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents (13 Mar 2013)
David Stanton: We are interested in criminality more than jobs.