The Minister has stated a time will come when gardaí will operate hand-held video cameras and that if a licensee appears to be responsible for drunken people tottering out of his or her pub, he or she will face closure. Last week members of the Traveller community virtually laid siege to a pub in County Mayo, a point raised in the Seanad today. Last week most of the pubs and businesses in my town were closed for two days because of a funeral, as were most of the pubs in surrounding areas. Perhaps 30 or 40 gardaí – to whom I pay tribute – were present to make sure fights would not break out. If one is trying to run a business, it is not acceptable that one has to close for two days. In other towns pubs have had to close for two weeks in the one year because of the possibility of violence. This is unacceptable. We all have a responsibility in this regard.