Here’s a speech from thuggish Micheal Martin, Ireland’s Minister for Health and, inevitably, Children in which he attempts to justify his proposed ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. As usual, ‘passive smoking’ is used in an attempt to justify this legislation, but read Martin’s speech carefully and see if you can find anything that tries to quantify this supposed risk.

Martin clearly has as much contempt for science as he does for the intelligence of his electors.