Mr. Donal Maguire:

I will start by answering Deputy Ó Cuív's question. The competent authority in these situations is always the consenting authority. For a marine salmon farming licence, the competent authority must be the issuer of that licence, which is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There are a number of statutory consultation bodies which will be consulted when an application is made, including IFI. It will be a statutory consultee in the process but the competent authority is the licensing issuing authority.