Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2023
700. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is allowing Inland Fisheries Ireland to currently operate a hatchery (details supplied) in County Galway under his Department’s licensing regime, without a legally required appropriate assessment screening in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9795/23]
View answerInland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is currently operating the hatchery to which the Deputy is referring in accordance with a licence granted to it on the 7th of December 2017 under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. Pursuant to Section 16(1) of the 1997 Act that license is binding on the State and on all persons and operates to, inter alia, enable the licensee carry on such operations as are specified in the licence.
