Seanad debates

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage

 

1:10 pm

Photo of Feargal QuinnFeargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I disagree entirely with the State getting involved in things like this. I ended up in court in 1969, which is long before the Minister was born, because I opened a butcher shop after 6 p.m. There was a rule that said nowhere in Dublin could serve beef, lamb or pork after 6 p.m. I did not know that, introduced late opening until 9 p.m. and ended up with 38 cases against me. It did not make sense. I won the case in the High Court and the State appealed to the Supreme Court where I also won. The law no longer applies. It seems ridiculous for the State to say it is going to decide when a shop should open and close.

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