Smoke-free workplaces for all employees

I AM a prison officer whose employer is the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

One may think that as an employee of a Government department with such a noble title, that, under the law of this land, I would receive justice, equality and legal protection.

However, in his wisdom as the then Health Minister Micheál Martin exempted employees of prisons, some hospitals and residential homes from the workplace smoking ban.