Aquaculture Licence Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 January 2016

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Ceisteanna (103)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on the Galway Bay licence application including expenditure on scientific or legal expertise incurred by Bord Iascaigh Mhara and separately by the Marine Institute. [2460/16]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Expenditure by Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the Marine Institute in connection with BIM’s aquaculture licence application is an operational matter for the agencies concerned. I have forwarded the Deputy's Question to the agencies and asked them to respond directly to the Deputy.