Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The smoking ban came in to protect employees but it protects those of us who spend time in other people's workplaces. It is a by-product that no one smokes in pubs now. Unless an employee is provided with ear protection, noise must be below a level sustainable for them and a by-product of that is that everyone else present benefits. The other option is to distribute individual ear protection.