Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-11
============================================================

Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I thank the Deputy. I may not have picked up exactly right on people consuming alcohol outdoors or on the street. My understanding is that it is not against the law. There may be by-laws in certain counties or city areas but in terms of national law, drinking alcohol in a public place in Ireland is not illegal. Being drunk and disorderly is; that is an entirely different thing. Just having the one pint, perhaps, or maybe two or three glasses is not against the law.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2020-06-11/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:21+00:00
Sitting date: 2020-06-11