A YES vote in the bail referendum will "actively redress the balance of justice in favour of the common good", the Dublin Chamber of Commerce has said.
In a statement the chamber said crime and security was now costing Dublin businesses "a massive £160 million per year".
Chief executive of the Chamber, Mr Noel Carroll said 97 per cent of retailers and 85 per cent of general business surveyed recently by the organisation had favoured a tightening of the bail laws.
As part of its campaign the organisation will be distributing leaflets to businesses all over Dublin advocating a Yes vote. Mr Carroll said changes to the hail laws should he "taken in tandem with the other measures recently announced" by the Minister for Justice.
There has been an increase in the number of people intending to vote Yes in the Bail referendum according to a survey carried out by Young Fine Gael.
According to the survey, which was conducted at the beginning of this week, 74 per cent intend to vote Yes in the referendum. This represents a 3 per cent increase on the last poll carried out by the group (1,046 people were questioned).
Mr David Byrne, chairman of Young Fine Gael, said people who did not vote Yes "would put their house and families at continued risk".
The hail proposals will introduce "internment without trial" according to the Christian Solidarity Party.
In a statement supporting a No vote, party leader Dr Gerard Casey said it was "already the case that bail may he refused to someone charged with an offence if it is considered that a person will interfere with his trial".
He said the "absurd logic" of the Government's proposals was that "we should lock up without trial anyone we think might commit a crime."