12 Feabh 2014, 15:21
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children will continue its hearings on the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013 tomorrow, Thursday, 13 February 2014.
12 February 2014
The schedule for tomorrow’s meeting is:
Session A: 11 am
- PJ Carroll; John Player; JTI Ireland; and Forest Éireann
Session B: 12.45 pm
- The Law Society of Ireland
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “Tomorrow we will conclude our pre-legislative hearings on this Bill which proposes to introduce standardised packaging for all tobacco products and also determine the size and position of health warnings on cigarette packets. The Joint Committee will hear the views of a number of cigarette companies, smokers' lobby group Forest Éireann and representatives of the Law Society of Ireland on the various measures contained in the Heads of the Bill and members will also have an opportunity to raise any issues they may have.”
The meeting will start at 11 am in Committee Room 2, Leinster House tomorrow, Thursday, 13 February 2014.
Committee proceedings can be followed live here.
Media Enquiries to:
Paul Hand,
Communications Unit,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
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Committee Membership:
Deputies: Jerry Buttimer (Chair), Catherine Byrne, Ciara Conway (Vice-Chair), Regina Doherty, Robert Dowds, Peter M Fitzpatrick, Seamus Healy, Billy Kelleher, Eamonn Maloney, Mattie McGrath, Sandra McLellan, Dan Neville, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy
Senators: Colm Burke, John Crown, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Marc Mac Sharry and Jillian Van Turnhout