Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

At a joint community policing meeting last night in Clones, grave anxiety was expressed about the availability of alcohol to young people, especially those who are under age. When will the sale of alcohol Bill be brought before the House so that we can have a proper and full discussion on that matter? It is causing grave anxiety.

There is also a companies consolidation and reform Bill on the pending legislation list. When will that be discussed because, in the light of the Quinn issue, if many of those reforms and structures could be put in place, many jobs would be saved? I am interested to hear the Taoiseach's view on what efforts are being made in that regard to save 3,000 jobs.

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