Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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347. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a prospecting licence has been granting for mining at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, Limerick; if this mining has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54236/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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No prospecting licences for minerals in this area have either been sought or granted under the Minerals Development Acts, 1940 to 1999. Under the statutes, a prospecting licence only entitles the holder to explore for mineral deposits and does not authorise mining of any minerals.