Under Section 4 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, an applicant for a licence under the Licensing Acts or Registration of Clubs Acts must notify the Health Service Executive’s (HSE’s) National Environmental Health Service in writing, one month before applying for a new licence, or renewing an existing licence.
Note: Applications for a Dance Licence, or a Music and Singing Licence do not require notification to the HSE
Applications for liquor licences are made either to the Court Service or to Revenue.
Your notification to the HSE will differ depending on who you are making your application to.
If your application is to the Court Service
Notify the HSE at csol.ie
Notice must be served on the Principal Environmental Health Officer for the area in which the premises are situated.
Alternatively, notify the Principal Environmental Health Officer for the area in which the premises are situated by post or email.
Contact details for local Environmental Health offices
You do not need correspondence from the HSE to progress your application and you will not receive an acknowledgement.
You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide in your notification.
If you have any queries please contact ehs.alcoholunit@hse.ie
If your application is to the Revenue Commissioners
Notify the HSE
Do not use the HSE online portal if your application requires a court certificate.
Use this portal if you are renewing a licence under the Licensing Acts or making a first time application that does not require a court certificate.
How to find out if your application requires a court certificate (Word, size 170 KB, 5 pages)
You do not need correspondence from the HSE to progress your application and you will not receive an acknowledgement.
You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide in your notification.
If you have any queries please contact ehs.alcoholunit@hse.ie.
Updated November 2024.
