I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 to 119, inclusive, and 121 together.
The licence in force in respect of the cultivation of salmon in Lough Allen was granted by my Department to Hibernor Atlantic Salmon Ltd., Derryclare Hatchery, Recess, Connemara, County Galway. The company in question went into receivership last year and an application to assign the licence to a new company has been made to my Department recently.
I am advised by the ESB that none of its staff is involved in the smolt farm venture on Lough Allen. The advice from the ESB is that it has not carried out a survey of fish stocks in Lough Allen and has no plans to do so.