Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 856: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to prevent below cost selling of drinks in night clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33470/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that section 20 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 contains provisions which are intended to prohibit the supply of intoxicating liquor at a reduced price during a limited period on any day. For the purposes of the section, "reduced price" is defined as a price less than that regularly being charged for the intoxicating liquor during an earlier period on the day concerned. The penalty on conviction for an offence under this section is a fine not exceeding €1,500 for a first offence or €2,000 for a second or any subsequent offence.

I should also say that section 22 of the 2003 Act provides for the making, should the need arise, of regulations prohibiting or restricting a licensee from doing or permitting, for the purposes of promoting the licensee's business or any event or activity taking place on the licensed premises, anything that is intended or likely to encourage persons on those premises to consume intoxicating liquor to an excessive extent.