Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----big enough to accept this Bill and ensure it can become law. That is something he can have on his record when he leaves politics in 20 years or whenever his time is up. He can say that he brought forward this Bill and young children will not be exposed to cigarette smoke in cars.

It is outrageous to think a child can be strapped into the back of a car with a mother, father or uncle smoking in the same car and exposing the child to second-hand smoke involuntarily at six or nine months old. It is a health issue but the Minister has run with it. I suggest he brings it to the Dáil as quickly as possible after the Easter recess so it can be passed by the summer and brought into law.