Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----make derogatory remarks and so on, but the friendships in this House surpass all of that. They have been so kind and generous in terms of the spirit of this legislation they deserve special thanks from everybody on this side.

I wish the Bill well and commend it to the Minister. It will make 50,000 or 60,000 people much happier, as we have heard. I compliment Dr. Fergus Ryan for the work he did. I knew him as a student and remember how kind he was in looking after old people on the campus of Trinity College Dublin.

The Bill is to be commended to a Minister who has gone out on a limb and faced very strong criticism from vested interests in his wish to protect children from the scourge of tobacco. He had the unanimous support of this House on that in terms of the plain packaging issue.