Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

It is on days such as this that I am glad I do not have to write a cover piece for tomorrow's newspapers. It is hard to see much colour in issues such as waste paper, business partnerships in Newfoundland and Labrador and regulation.

I would like to address the OECD recommendations and tangible matters such as complete liberalisation of the pub trade, the elimination of restrictions on economic freedoms for pharmacists and seven or eight other issues. As distinct from theory, has any of this been done? I have a cutting from one of the national newspapers of 25 July 2001. The headline reads, "Coalition To Abolish Curbs on Pubs and Pharmacies Within a Year".

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