Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:70 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has for licensed premises. [11147/01]
Vol. 534 No. 5
70 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has for licensed premises. [11147/01]
The drinks prices order was only one element of an overall package of measures approved by the Government last June to address the inflationary pressures on the economy. When announcing the anti-inflationary package, the Government made it clear that it was only pending the impact of a significant increase in competition in the licensed trade that the circumstances justified the imposition of temporary price controls. The statutory control on the price of drink was clearly understood to be an interim measure.