Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that an application for temporary licences, temporary dance licence, temporary music and singing licences to the Dublin District Court on 10 December 2014, for a licensed premises (details supplied) does not require advertisement in the national media. [46979/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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While the Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position in my capacity as Minister for Justice and Equality to interpret the law or to provide advice in relation to a particular case in response to a Parliamentary Question, I can say the statutory provisions in relation to applications for a temporary dance licence or temporary music and singing licence are set out in the Public Dance Halls Act 1935, the Fire Services Act 1981 and the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890.

The position is that applications for temporary public dancing licences and temporary music and singing licences are made to the District Court. Notice of the applicant's intention to apply for such a licence must be given to the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana for the area concerned and to the relevant fire authority. In the case of a public dancing licence, a member of the Garda Siochana or any person who appears to the Judge to be interested in the application may object to the granting of the licence. The relevant legislation does not require the publication of a notice of the applicant's intention to apply for a temporary licence.