Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will begin where we finished with the previous speaker in relation to the cultural stuff. When we look at other European countries that have a successful night-time economy and thriving cultural industries, we see cultural licences operating in those countries. I guess I would be interested in exploring the difference between what is proposed here and what works well in other countries, and what are we missing. This kind of licence could work well. I appreciate that Germany, for example, has strong protections for its nightclub industry and sees it as a valid part of its cultural expression and its night-time economy. Around that, I guess I would ask the Give Us The Night guys what are we missing compared to other European countries that we could do better through this legislation.