John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy wants a reply, a review of licensing is ongoing with which I am dealing. That is a fact. We are now reviewing 50 licences in the retail trade involving 15 different authorities.

We are hoping to have one authority by the end of the year. Members can call for rent reviews but the Deputy must remember that it was the previous Government that signed up all the soft leases. I checked the leases and I noted the generosity of the last Administration on leases and the clauses in them.

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