Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

10:30 am

Photo of Maire DevineMaire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. In the late 1980s, when Ian Paisley finally had to give in to pubs opening on Sundays, there were protests about that. I do not believe there will be protests about this Bill in this part of the country.

I refer to the harm alcohol can cause. Home drinking has increased massively. I have memories of being a young adult when, for the first time ever one Christmas, my mother decided to buy a bottle of wine.

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