Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
Ceist:53 Deputy Luke “Ming” Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if the manufacturers and importers of tobacco products have fulfilled their duties under Article 6 section 1 of the Tobacco Products Directive 2001/37/EC, transposed into Irish law via the European Communities (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products) Regulations 2003, that is, submit the ingredients in each of their products by brand and type, and where such details may be accessed now; further in the event that the tobacco companies have not fulfilled the requirements under the directive, the steps he will take to ensure that the National Tobacco Control Office will force the companies to do so; the steps he will take to overcome the problems of the past whereby various scientific formats and scales were a stumbling block to collating the data from the various companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/12]
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