Seanad debates

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

5:45 pm

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:


In page 8, line 18, to delete “law.” and substitute the following:
“law;
(d) the text ‘National Smokers Quitline 1800 201 203 - www.quit.ie’.”.
I do not wish to delay the House and the Minister knows our motivation on this. The amendment seeks to include the quit-line details. The experience of this in Australia is that the calls to the line in that country increased by nearly 80%. By way of assistance to people such as me, who successfully gave up smoking, this is something we can and ought to do. I hope the Minister can accept it.

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