Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 June 2003
Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
Let us be real. If we do not have this provision, we might as well throw our hats at the whole scheme. If somebody has some bright idea that I am missing, that is fine but I do not think I am missing any. I am carefully delineating what is reasonable from what is unreasonable. I have not heard any other formulation, apart from the question of hours, which is a different issue. If gardaĆ can walk into what we call the bar of any hotel and find a 17 year old and do nothing about it, how can a hotelier in those premises say anything other than the business about cards for 18-21 year olds is a farce because 17 year olds are allowed to be there anyway? What is the ID card scheme trying to achieve?
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