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Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Health

26th March 2013 - Olivia Mitchell TD

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the 2000 plus respondents to the consultation on a proposal for an EU Directive on the Tobacco Products Directive that were for or against the changes proposed by the EU Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Reply

Minister for Health (James Reilly)

The analysis of submissions received arsing from the public consultation for the Tobacco Products Directive is not yet complete. Approximately 6,500 submissions were received with over 6,000 of these in the form of printed postcards from the retail sector.