You must apply to the District Court for a public premises licence if you want to operate a public house, hotel, restaurant or dance hall, or operate gaming or lottery activities and notify your local authority about your application. Local authorities may inspect the premises to advise the Court about licence applications.
This section outlines the involvement of Laois County Fire and Rescue Service in the licensing process and is intended as a guide to both potential and existing licensees of public premises.
The Fire Service is a notice party to many types of licence applications and throughout the year the Fire Service receives notification of applications to the courts for licences for various types of public premises. This gives the Fire Authority the opportunity to inspect premises and to give evidence in court prior to the granting of a licence. The types of notifications the fire authority receives are:
On notification of a licence application, the Fire Authority will acknowledge the application and request the following information from the applicant and notify the applicant of the need to arrange an inspection of the premises with the assigned fire officer:
For further information please contact us at the at 057 86 64000 or email fireadmin@laoiscoco.ie