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Bill was proposed by Alan Kelly today and has been passed with no opposition, so now goes onto the next stage.

The ICBI have also been in contact, they say:
[quote:3a0fdh7j]Cheers for the support - what we need now is people to get in touch with their local TD to tell them how important this Bill is for both their local brewery and their local area - I've attached a list of all TDs, if you could maybe circulate to your members and ask them to get in touch it would be super. I believe they should all have clinic hours on Fridays and Saturdays if anyone wants to go for maximum impact![/quote:3a0fdh7j]

I've posted the list on Google Sheet here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qSwKn4jC...eBo/edit?usp=sharing">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Excuse my ignorance of Dail proceedings but do bills normally pass the first stage without much hassle?

&amp;quot;irish_goat&amp;quot;:29fqz8ac wrote: Excuse my ignorance of Dail proceedings but do bills normally pass the first stage without much hassle?[/quote:29fqz8ac]

They don't 'pass', as such, and it's not a stage for discussion, but yes.
In saying that, if a proposal isn't to the Government's liking, they'll usually say so at this point.
Silence is a good sign, but still a long way to go.

&amp;quot;irish_goat&amp;quot;:2ycw3aly wrote: Excuse my ignorance of Dail proceedings but do bills normally pass the first stage without much hassle?[/quote:2ycw3aly]Pretty much always. It's more hassle to stop one here. The wee first stage introductory speech is new. It seems to have started creeping in around 2013.

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:3odgxbid wrote: The wee first stage introductory speech[/quote:3odgxbid]Now on the YouTube.[/url:3odgxbid]

They'll be chatting about this bill on the Last Word on Today FM this afternoon.