Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

To echo Deputy Daly's points, if we had left the closing time at 6 p.m. we would have been confining the craft breweries to having an opportunity to sell their products on their premises at the weekends because not many people would get to them before 6 p.m. of a weekday, given that the majority of people in the country do work.

My amendment No. 7 is linked to the theme in amendment No. 1, which I withdrew to try to keep the Minister sweet. Rather than seeking to abolish tours, which I sought in amendment No. 1, amendment No. 7, which proposes extending the opening hours to 7 p.m., also incorporates the fact that the tour would be removed. Despite the fact that I still insist it is poor legislation, in the interests of peace I agreed to withdraw amendment No. 1, so I will also withdraw amendment No. 7.

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