Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The sex offenders (amendment) Bill is being drafted to update the Sex Offenders Act. We hope to publish it in the autumn. Senator Humphreys raised the issue of the good weather in the context of public order, health and safety and alcohol misuse. I went out to Dún Laoghaire pier on Tuesday night and got caught in traffic coming back in from the concert. The Senator makes the point that we need a set of standards which we should expect and live up to in terms of holding events in or around residential areas but also in terms of behaviour and what we can and should not allow. The Senator made a good point. I commend An Garda Síochána on the work I saw last Tuesday night. Gardaí were very courteous and vigilant. Their rationale was the safety of people travelling from the concert and people stuck in traffic. I was one of them. It took 45 minutes to get back to where I was going when it would normally take me two minutes. Is it not great that we have concerts in venues like the RDS, the Aviva Stadium, Croke Park and Páirc Uí Chaoimh? The Cathaoirleach has ruled on Senator Humphrey's amendment. I know the Senator will be disappointed with the ruling. He can take it up with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport at a different time.