asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will now make representations to the tobacco manufacturers to make a monthly quota of cigarettes available to shopkeepers who started business during the past six years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cigarette Quotas.
Mr. Browne
I have informed the tobacco manufacturers that it is my wish that supplies of cigarettes should be made available to traders not already in receipt of quotas. I am pursuing the matter with the manufacturers but cannot yet say what the outcome will be.