Micheál Martin: “In my view, products like that that are damaging to health, we should deal with [them] in as strong a manner as…”

Incomprehensible and wrong

The rate of growth is declining. But to use words like ‘brutal’ is completely over the top, if you don't mind me saying so, and a gross exaggeration.

If that's not a platform for negotiations, I don't know what is.

I was involved in these issues in the previous government and agreement was hammered out at that stage - an agreement was arrived at, and we want to do well by honouring that agreement on all sides.