Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is the nature of the delays? We are moving very quickly through this year and approaching the end of the lifetime of the Government. Are there specifics as to why the delays have occurred. Is there a timeline whereby we can see this progress?

Public health and addiction are extremely important. I would like to draw attention to a bottleneck in the context of the time when people go out. Some people are night-time individuals. If they had the option to go out at 11 p.m. and return at 6 a.m., they would do so. What happens is that all types of people are structured into one idea of going out at 8 p.m. with everything then closing at the same time. This creates the environment where people drink more at last orders and are rushing. Everyone is trying to get taxis or public transport at the same time because everyone operates within this one timeframe, and this one way to do nightlife. Extending the opening hours would create different ways for people to enjoy nightlife, which would reduce the chaotic way Dublin looks between 11 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. It might be a positive public health measure to have later opening hours.