Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

Any measure is worth reviewing. If it is worthwhile keeping the ban in place, that is fine but let us prove it. A compromise of a smoking lounge could have been adopted. It would have been a boost to the building trade as every premises would have had to have been converted. Employees would not have to go into that room but the people who enjoy a cigarette could do so. In a civilised country, I do not believe it is civilised to kick people out into the rain.

As far as Fianna Fáil is concerned, Members will be glad to know that it got 54% of the vote last Saturday in the Roscommon electorate area. Roscommon led in 1918——