Hugh Byrne
Ceist:231 Mr. H. Byrne asked the Minister for the Marine in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 November 1994, his views on whether it is acceptable that a person's application for a licence to cultivate oysters was with his Department from October 1992 to date; if such matters normally take over two years; the steps, if any, he has taken or plans to take to improve his Department's performance in this respect; the occasions on which and means by which his Department sought to explain to the person the ongoing delays in the transaction of this business; if, as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 November 1994, clearance was granted from a fish health perspective in 1993, the reason no steps have been taken to regularise the situation of oyster farming at Ballyteigue Bay; the date on which his Department requested the wildlife service to reconsider the extent, if any, to which the application in question can be accommodated within the bay; the response, if any, the wildlife service has made to his Department; the further requests, if any, his Department has made to the wildlife service to expedite the matter; when his Department will be in a position to brief the applicant and Deputy Byrne as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/95]