I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 74 together.
Given the wide range of measures introduced by the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988, which provide a sound framework within which the problem of under-age drinking can be tackled, I do not accept that it is not possible to enforce the law relating to under-age drinking. The basic approach behind these measures is to make it as difficult as legislatively feasible for a person under 18 years of age to purchase or otherwise obtain alcohol or to consume it other than in a private residence, and, where these rules are broken, to make it possible for the Garda to seize it. It would be inappropriate to introduce new measures until there has been more time to assess the impact of the measures introduced by the 1988 Act. There is reason to believe that the existing measures are beginning to have a positive effect.