Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 June 2003

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

The Bill is centred on the proposition that it is an offence for somebody to get into a state of inebriation and attempt to enter a pub or refuse to leave a premises. A legal consequence of it being an offence of that kind is that a publican is entitled to refuse admission where he or she believes the consequence of allowing a person to enter the premises would be that he or she would allow the person to commit an offence. It strengthens the hand of the publican in respect of refusing admission. If sections 4 to 7, inclusive, are considered together, it will be seen that they are designed to strengthen the hand of licensees to maintain order in their premises.

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