Colm Burke (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, for coming to the House so quickly. I also thank her officials in the Department of Health and the officials in the Office of the Attorney General. When advice of this nature is provided, it is extremely important that it be acted on in an expeditious manner. That has certainly happened in this case. I compliment everyone involved. I wish the Minister of State well in her future dealings in this area. As she has said, further legislation will be introduced. My colleagues in Fine Gael and in the other groups look forward to working with her to consider further legislation in this area. We want to set clear targets with the aim of reducing the proportion of people who smoke from the current level of 29%. We hope that by the time our term ends, some work will have been done and some targets will have been achieved. I thank the Minister of State again.