Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot give the Deputy a timeframe because until I get a timeframe for recommendations on my desk, I cannot make decisions and I am reliant on others to do that. That project has complications. It is a very big application. It is a new departure in some ways for salmon farming in terms of scale, and so it is coming under much scrutiny. I have said to the Deputy and to others in the Dáil that I would not grant approval for a project of that scale unless I was absolutely satisfied of-----