Mr. John O'Hara:

The vast majority of night life activities in the city fall under Z5 zoning, which is a city centre zoning. The city centre zone is to promote a mix of uses with quality architecture, public domain and civic uses. It is the highest tier of mixed-use zoning. Pubs and nightclubs are permissible uses within it. There is no objection in principle to pubs, night time cultural activities or nightclubs within the Z5 city centre zoning. The concern arises on the detail of a planning application with regard to the specific location on a street, nearby residential amenities, the type of street and the proximity of similar uses. That is not to say that such activities or premises would be pepper potted around the city. As I stated, there are areas such as George's Street where the concentration is acceptable to us because of the synergies there.