Dáil debates

Thursday, 12 July 2018

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: From the Seanad

 

4:20 pm

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is no problem. I appreciate the Minister has brought certain clarity to the issue, which I did not feel was there in the Seanad debate. A couple of days ago this House discussed changing the scenario where everybody had to do a guided tour and the ridiculous scenario where people would call in for a six-pack and have to go again and again. The Minister has clarified that and it is important. The wording in the Act could be interpreted one way or another. The work put in by Mr. Seamus Carroll and the team in the Department has been helpful in getting us to this point. The tour is only there if somebody asks for it. A brewery has to provide the possibility of a tour and it is not a requirement for somebody who wants to buy a six-pack or whatever. It is great and I am glad that the craft brewers can raise a toast to the divestment of fossil fuels and the great co-operation in the House on this final day.

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