Seanad debates
Tuesday, 3 December 2002
Order of Business.
I know of no publican who would serve alcoholic drink to children aged 13, 14 or 15 years. However, they are quite freely buying supplies in an off-licence or supermarket and getting drunk on the streets. Publicans are being wrongly blamed for this. While there may a few black sheep in the licensed trade, publicans in Dublin and elsewhere in the country were as shocked as I was by the scenes shown on the programme in question. The sooner the Garda clamps down on those serving alcohol in such circumstances, the better.
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