The response to the Department of Local Government and the Environment's smoking ban consultation has been 'very disappointing'.
Food Safety Manager, Ivan Bratty, says it only received about a dozen replies, although the Licensing Forum responded on behalf of pubs and restaurant.
A ban will be implemented here next March; the final place in the British Isles to stub it out.
Mr Bratty says concerns about possible job losses as a result of the ban appear to be unfounded:
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