Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know the difference between a rural pub and a nightclub. I used to have a very good social life and I know about everything in between. Indeed, I have been in the Deputy's family's pub, and a very nice evening we had. However, the assertion that was made is incorrect. We always said from day one that this was a plan that could be accelerated, slowed down or paused, based on public health advice. I understand and feel for people who have painted their pubs in recent days, were gearing up for the reopening, had ordered in stock and now find themselves in a difficult position. Let us try to get them open in three weeks' time. Let us not see their reopening put off again. The best way we can do that is to get the guidelines right. That might be about limiting occupancy to very small numbers-----

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