Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

In America people in charge of admission policies to bars are inflexible. They can explain to customers who query their decisions that they will be sacked if they serve them. I want it to be understood that this provision is not just a matter of paying a fine of a few euro in the District Court. A fundamental cornerstone of our licensing law will be that if a person is drunk to the extent provided in this Bill, to admit him or her to a premises or bring him or her to such a state in a premises will be a serious offence. This will strengthen the hand of licensees against those who plead with them for more alcohol when they are clearly drunk, within the meaning of the Bill.

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