Aquaculture Licence Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Questions (689)

Clare Daly

Question:

689. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his decision not to revoke the aquaculture licence held by a company (details supplied) for its Lough Altan site in view of the serious commercial consequences for the company and in order to provide a proportionate response from his Department, the specific sections of the 1997 Act that allowed these considerations to inform his decision. [11505/17]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The decision not to revoke the aquaculture licence in the case referred to by the Deputy was taken in accordance with Section 68 of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and followed detailed examination of the key issues of the case.