Robert Troy
Question:49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to renew a publican licence for a person (details supplied). [7987/16]
View answerThursday, 21 April 2016
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The position is that licences for the sale of alcohol products by retail are excise licences issued and renewed by the Revenue Commissioner and I have no role in relation to the matter. According to section 2 of the Licensing (Ireland) Act 1902, as amended, where premises had not been licensed during the preceding year but had been licensed at any time during the previous five years, a new licence may be issued in respect of such premises by the Revenue Commissioners on foot of a certificate granted by the Circuit Court. This provision does not apply, however, in cases in which the licence had lapsed due to a breach of licensing law or was extinguished.