Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 February 2018

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the contributions of Deputies, in particular Deputy Kelly when he stated he would be disposed towards accepting amendment No. 1 and that we might revisit what I would describe as ancillary issues on Report Stage. Perhaps we will get a broader flavour of the disposition of Members of the House during the Report Stage debate. However, in saying we can revisit issues on Report Stage, I do not want to raise expectations.

When Deputy Wallace talks about facilitating people who "call around", that is his terminology, that may differ somewhat from the purpose of the Bill, which Deputy Kelly described in 2016 as being to facilitate visitors on guided tours to tourist attractions. That is a little at variance with people calling around to stock up from off-sales and treating the facility as an off-licence, I would be concerned about that but we will return to it on Report Stage.

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