John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am very grateful to my friend and colleague, Senator Conway, for giving me a moment to speak. I am very supportive of his efforts and request. We must understand that on no level is the tobacco industry collectively our partner. It is on every level the adversary of good governance and good public policy. It is us versus them - we "ain’t" partners on this. Senator Conway deserves great credit for highlighting this really sneaky marketing effort on the industry's part to try to circumvent several regulations related to tobacco. I was not aware of this. I warmly commend his efforts and I hope that the Minister of State is able to follow his advice that there be one standard pack size. Ultimately, we are hoping that by 2030 there will no standard pack size legally available.