Seanad debates
Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
We have had a wide-ranging discussion which may not relate directly to the section with which we are dealing, but it has been a healthy debate. We do not live in a perfect world and we are damaging the environment by burning rubbish in back gardens and in farmyards. If I had all the thermal treatment plants or incinerators I wanted in place and working, their entire combined output would be less than 2% of the entire country's dioxin emissions, yet they would be party to a massive reduction in dioxin emissions from, among other sources, cigarette smoke. I am a smoker and I still wedded to Player's non-tipped cigarettes, even though others are trying to stop me.
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