Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

In my own area there has been much flooding in the past few weeks and I ask the Leader to investigate the possibility of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government setting up a relief fund.

I also wish to raise the matter of below-cost selling of spirits and other alcoholic drinks in the run-up to Christmas, which sends out the wrong message. A price war is ongoing over alcoholic drinks but these items should be treated in the same way as cigarettes. There are some restrictions on the below-cost selling of cigarettes and from a moral point of view——