Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Norris has never been known as a sheep and it is a question of whether we want to lead or follow. I have enough challenges being Minister for Health in Ireland without being Minister for Health for the entire European Union or beyond, heaven forbid. This is a question of leadership. This country showed great leadership on tobacco. I have already credited Deputy Micheál Martin's leadership in that regard. The same argument could have been made then. Somebody has to be first and say they are going to do this. Ireland as a leader in public health, which we want to be and have shown we can be, should lead. That will mean that the anomaly will exist. A person can turn on the BBC and the advertisers will not be bound by these restrictions but hopefully-----