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 Mick WallaceMick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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-----we should bring small craft breweries forward and help them get off the ground and give indigenous industry some chance. It would be a welcome change from our total dependency on foreign direct investment. Even if the small brewers make an impact on the pockets of Diageo and Heineken both companies would survive that.