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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 39

QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

Noting the role of Local Authorities in granting gaming licences under the 1956 Gaming and Lotteries Act, to ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of gaming licences applied for throughout the County in the past 12 months and the number of those applications which resulted in a licence being granted.

REPLY:

Dublin County Council, the predecessor of South Dublin County Council, rescinded in 1989 its previous resolution to give effect to Part III of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 and consequently certificates for premises cannot issue in the functional area of the Council as Part III is not in force. The enforcement of the licensing laws is a matter for an Garda Síochána and the Revenue Commissioners.  No further comment can be made in respect of applications currently pending before the Courts.