Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association
2:40 pm
Ms Evelyn Jones:
It would obviously have a cost. We maintain there is already far too much legislation which is not being enforced. If one is under 18 years it is an offence to purchase alcohol - prosecute. It is an offence to purchase alcohol for somebody who is aged under 18 - prosecute. It is an offence to be drunk in public - prosecute. It is an offence to be drunk in a retail premises - prosecute. There are all these laws in place - we are coming down with them - yet nobody is enforcing them.
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