Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 February 2015
78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of jobs that will be created if he agrees to licence the proposed marine harvest fish farm at Shot Head, County Cork; and if the promised jobs are sufficient to justify the damage to the bay's environment from this proposed fish farm. [6248/15]
View answerThe licence application referred to by the Deputy is currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries ( Amendment ) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act. The process of assessment will take full account of applicable National and EU legislation and will reflect the full engineering, scientific, environmental, legal and public policy aspects of the application.
As the application is under active consideration as part of the statutory process it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time.
