Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister and the staff for the work they put into the Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to combat drunkenness and anti-social behaviour on our streets. I hope it will do that. It will certainly put a major onus on the publicans to ensure that people leaving their premises are not in a drunken state and on the individual not to be in a drunken state on the streets.

When I spoke earlier I confined myself to the amendments—