James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is it permissible under the current regulations for a venue to open as a theatre, cultural or music venue and serve alcohol to a point and then stop or not serve alcohol at all? Is it proposed to change that with this Bill? That would be quite instructive, because it would give us a better perspective on whether the ask is from the night sector to perform late, or to perform late while people are drinking. There is a little bit of a difference between those two scenarios. It would be very helpful if the Department would come back to us on that.