Aquaculture Licence Eligibility

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 May 2017

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Ceisteanna (544)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

544. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 28 March 2017, if the excess smolts in the Inishfarnard site operated by a company (details supplied) were sourced from the company's hatcheries, which are licensed to stock only smolts; and, if so, the evidential issues surrounding the definition of a smolt that were cited on his Department's website as the reason for not revoking the company's licence. [21642/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department's records indicate that the fish inputted to the site were sourced from hatcheries operated by the Company referred to by the Deputy.

The evidential issues referred to in my Department's public notice relate to whether all the fish in question were in fact smolts.