Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of compliance tests carried out on retail premises by the Office of Tobacco Control, the number of offences detected, the number of prosecutions initiated against retail premises for the sale of tobacco to minors in respect of each county for the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14992/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question relates to the enforcement of tobacco control legislation. The enforcement of the prohibition on the sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age is the responsibility of the environmental health service of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have this matter investigated and to issue a reply directly to the Deputy.