Seanad debates
Thursday, 22 May 2003
Order of Business. - Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.
We are dealing with discos, nightclubs and licensed premises. In some circumstances, such as in Cork, the gardaĆ have a partnership approach which, in effect, anticipates this legislation. Members of the local judiciary, the Garda and the partners in the entertainment industry, if one can use that phrase to cover the categories referred to in the legislation, have a joint strategy. A superintendent can say to a proprietor of a premises that they need more security people on the door because the situation is getting out of hand and there is constant trouble or he or she might advise the proprietor to get CCTV because people seem to think they are safe to start fights outside the premises. In Cork, gardaĆ will advise the owner of a disco to tone down the music or lower the pace for the last 20 or 30 minutes so that when people are leaving, they are not coming away from throbbing disco music on to the street. That is the type of advice given.
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