Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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220. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has set aside funds to defend any future legal challenges in relation to the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; if his Department or any Government agency has made an estimate of the likely costs involved in defending such a case; if his Department or any Government agency has made an estimate of the possible compensation that might be paid out in the event of a successful legal challenge against the legislation; if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the former Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, that the tobacco industry could sue for the equivalent of our gross domestic product (details supplied), if this Bill is enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and the issues surrounding it are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Health in the first instance.