Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
397. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intervened with local authorities or other organisations to secure fresh water supplies for a company (details supplied) to deal with an acute outbreak of disease in its salmon in south Connemara; and if his Department lobbied any organisation for favourable terms for the delivery of such fresh water. [41039/14]
View answerMy Department did not intervene with Local Authorities or other organisations to secure fresh water supplies for the company referred to by the Deputy in relation to the company’s operations in South Connemara.
My Department received an application from the company in question for a foreshore licence to facilitate the delivery of fresh water supplies to a marine finfish site. As part of the application assessment process my Department sought clarification from Galway County Council as to the status of the planning permission in respect of this project.
