Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted that the Senator and his colleagues at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly have focused on this issue. I hope it will reinforce the Government's commitment which I do not doubt for one moment to try to eliminate this problem. We will never wipe out smuggling because it has been ongoing in the Border counties since God was a boy because of the various complexities involved in cross-Border trade and pricing. There must be a legislative way to go after the people involved. I encourage the Government to work in this direction.