Seanad debates
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages
11:45 am
Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source
I very much welcome the Bill and I congratulate the Senators on introducing it. In the long term it will be very positive for the country just as the smoking ban was. When the ban on smoking in pubs and public places was introduced, people actually stopped smoking in houses. Any smoker who came into my house went outside the door to smoke and I was delighted with that. I hope the Bill will stop people smoking in cars full stop.
I have similar concerns to Senator Norris over the phrase, "Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is committing or has committed an offence". Will that really hold up in court?
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