Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)

The Deputy was trying to knock me from my stride. Presumably, such people are to be given a bed to sleep on to sleep off their inebriation. This is absurd. We have a problem with space in the first instance and in any event, as Deputy Devins and I have mentioned, patients need to be medically assessed. Therefore they will not be separated initially from the sober members among the attendees. Then one must determine whether someone is drunk which will take much effort and might require the involvement of the Garda. If one takes the idea to its limit, is the Deputy looking for breathalysers in the units? It is simply not a runner.

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