Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-04
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Pádraig Rice (SD), Cork South-Central

Okay, but every single amendment tabled in respect of this Bill has been refused. In the context of previous legislation, all the amendment that I and others have tabled have been rejected out of hand. We need to work together on this to ensure that we get the best legislation possible. We all support the Bill, and we are trying to get the best legislation possible. If there was greater willingness to engage on amendments in a more constructive way, it would ensure that we would have better legislation. Historically, the Oireachtas has not produced good-quality legislation that regular citizens can just pick up, read and understand. It has generally been complex and hard to follow. I say this as somebody who has spent a number of years studying law. We need to make our legislation simple and more straightforward. I ask the Department to maybe consider looking at more amendments on the basis of all of this.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-04