Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

The Garda will be empowered to move people on if they are, in the opinion of an officer, drunk and disorderly. How will people be moved on? Where will they be moved to? Will they be moved from one corner to the next corner of a street? Will they be moved from a park bench to the corner of the street? Will they be moved from outside the public house to outside the chipper? The wording is technical and cumbersome and no effort has been made to use language that might be understandable. How will people be moved on? Will the Minister provide a practical example of what he thinks, following the enactment of the legislation and the introduction of regulations when he gets around to it, the net effect of these amendments will be in dealing with public disorder?

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