Seanad debates
Tuesday, 20 May 2003
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Committee Stage.
Where a fast food outlet has people on the door and there is public disorder on the street, the latter cannot be attributed to the person who is running the business. The person is legitimately running their business. They have bouncers on the door and trained staff, to whom they pay big wages, and they are under enormous pressure to keep their businesses going. The Minister and the Garda Síochána, however, will come along and close down the premises. It is extremely heavy handed to put such a provision in a Bill, especially when drink and not food is the cause of the problem.
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