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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

QUESTION NO.9

QUESTION: Councillor J. Sheehy

To ask the manager is there any further Vaping shops planned to be opened in our local LEA as I am growing in concern for "Youth at Risk: The Public Health Implications of Expanding Vape Retail Outlets". Have shops in our LEA being fined for selling Vapes to under age children.

REPLY:

 In terms of planning legislation, planning permission is not required to change the use of one type of shop to another. For example, permission would not be required to change the use of a newsagent to a vape shop. The selling of vapes to underage children does not fall under planning legislation.