Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the proposed new Intoxicating Liquor Bill; his views on the call by the AGSI to ban glass containers in night clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15636/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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As regards future legislation, the position is that the Government legislative programme provides for publication of the Sale of Alcohol Bill later this year. This Bill will repeal the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004, as well as the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2004, and replace them with provisions more suited to modern conditions.

While I have no current proposals to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor in glass containers while a special exemption order is in operation, this is a matter that could be debated further in the context of the future legislation. I should add that section 11 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 already provides that a special exemption order may contain such conditions as the District Court thinks proper. Such conditions could include a restriction on the supply of intoxicating liquor in glass containers.