Seanad debates

Thursday, 22 May 2003

Order of Business. - Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.

 

This is a very heavy handed approach which is being taken to these types of premises, when in many cases they are not the root cause of the problem. The root cause of most problems is drink. Many of these premises will have no choice but to close earlier on Saturday and Sunday evenings because it will not be worth the risk of staying open in order to give a service to the public. On the one hand, we are trying to sell this country as a place where people can enjoy themselves and, on the other, we are putting in place regulations which will result in closing down many premises because they will have no other choice.

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