Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018
516. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if members of the board of the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board or members of the board's staff received communications, written or oral, relating to the board's consideration of an appeal or his decision to amend the licence for a salmon farm at Inishfarnard, County Cork, contrary to section 31 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. [43807/18]
View answerThe purpose of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on aquaculture licence applications. Issues in relation to communications, written or oral, to Board members or staff regarding a specific appeal are operational matters for the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board and I have requested the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board to respond directly to the Deputy on the specific information requested in relation to those matters.
