Colm M. Hilliard
Ceist:52 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform if the forthcoming legislation on equal status will provide for occurrences where a person who is suspected of being a drug-pusher or who is likely to cause a disturbance enters a business premises and the proprietor refuses him or her service, without giving a reason at the particular time and then subsequently at an equal status hearing voices his suspicions, thereby risking being sued for defamation of character due to lack of proof despite the fact that the alternative of serving such a person runs the risk of endangering customers and staff. [17581/95]