Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 September 2022
121. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prospecting licences that he has granted since taking office, including the locations covered by each licence. [45125/22]
View answerEighty-nine Prospecting Licences have been granted since I took office in June 2020. These Prospecting Licences are located in Counties Carlow, Cavan, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Meath, Monaghan, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wexford. Information on Prospecting Licences is available in the six-monthly reports to the Oireachtas on Mineral Exploration and Mining in Ireland, accessible on gov.ie and the Oireachtas Library. Prospecting Licence Area information is also available on a publicly available online map viewer www.gov.ie/en/service/2f592-map-viewer/.
