Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

——to see what happens. The Washington Street village concept, as promoted by Paul Montgomery and the people in Cork city, is of responsible nightclub owners who take their job seriously and manage it properly.

I welcome the reprieve for early morning houses. In Cork we have two very well run establishments and neither they nor their patrons cause trouble. I am glad the Minister rolled back those provisions. Will the Minister consider specialised licences for nightclubs?