Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

On the sale of alcohol, priority is being given to measures to curtail the distribution and sale of alcohol. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, will launch the heads of that Bill tomorrow, as well as the Gordon Holmes report. Discussions with the industry to try to build up protocols to assist in such control will continue, at least for a time, rather than the legislation,

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