Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need to tackle the worsening social problem of under age binge drinking through the introduction of additional measures such as making it easier for the Garda Síochána to secure prosecutions in the courts through a lower burden of proof than is required at present as well as through the labelling of bottles and cans to show where they were sold. In addition, there should be a review of the legal issues involving home deliveries from off-licences to people who are under the legal age to purchase it but who often get away with it because of this loophole.

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