Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 April 2004
116 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the ESB provides a licence on Lough Allen for the smolt farm; the person who operates the venture; if the ESB obtains an annual fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11107/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra117 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if members of the ESB are involved in the smolt farm venture on Lough Allen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11108/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra118 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the ESB intends to carry out a comprehensive survey on Lough Allen to examine the consequences of the smolt farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra119 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the ESB’s views on whether the smolt farm may have caused disease in a number of native fish; his own views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra121 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the ESB ever carried out a survey of fish stocks in Lough Allen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 116 to 119, inclusive, and 121 together.
The licence in force in respect of the cultivation of salmon in Lough Allen was granted by my Department to Hibernor Atlantic Salmon Ltd., Derryclare Hatchery, Recess, Connemara, County Galway. The company in question went into receivership last year and an application to assign the licence to a new company has been made to my Department recently.
I am advised by the ESB that none of its staff is involved in the smolt farm venture on Lough Allen. The advice from the ESB is that it has not carried out a survey of fish stocks in Lough Allen and has no plans to do so.
