In furtherance of its consideration of an appeal against a Ministerial decision to amend the licence referred to by the Deputy, the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB) requested specific documentation from my Department relating to the original amendment. This request from ALAB was in written form and was received by my office in January 2018 and forwarded to the relevant Division of my Department in the normal way.
ALAB’s request was in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act. My Department forwarded the relevant documentation to ALAB in the normal way.
In March 2018 my Department met with the Chair of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board to discuss, in broad terms, a number of routine corporate matters. The appeal referred to by the Deputy was not discussed.