Mr. Sunil Sharpe:

We do not want to get involved in pub matters and what they do with extinguishments. We only started talking about extinguishment when we were asked in the public consultation not so long ago. Our proposal is that late night venues, that is, nightclub be exempt from that. Trying to get anybody to enter the market is already very difficult. There are all sorts of additional costs involved in even kitting out a space or getting your hands on a building to be able to open a night-time venue. Young business owners might invest their money elsewhere if they feel they have to pay an additional €60,000 to open up a venue. Any new operator in the industry should be commended for taking that risk. It will take some risk takers to get our night-time economy and night life scenes moving again. With that in mind, it is very specific but it is very easily done. Night club operators already have to tick a lot of boxes to be able to get that nightclub permit, which was mentioned earlier so once they have done all of that, they should just be able to go. They should be given the green light in court and get their licence if that what it comes to. We still feel we should have our venue licence. We should be exempt from the sunset clause in the next three years. New operators should be exempt.