Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish everyone a happy Pride. This year is our first year on the streets since the pandemic so we are looking forward to sharing our love with the city and asserting our right and freedom to be public in this country. It is a protest so we will march and make demands for healthy conversations we approach with sensitivity, respect and a meaningful voice, conversations that affect our lives instead of being a talking point or reliable media controversy. As we continue to make our country a more equal place, let none of us pull the ladder up behind us. Many people are still waiting for their liberation so we must acknowledge that too.

Regarding night-time entertainment, I know the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Minister for Justice are committed to overdue reform of our licensing laws and enabling cultural spaces to be better used at night for artistic purposes, events and entertainment. I call for a debate and I might table a motion on the Order Paper to that effect in the coming weeks.