Dr. Cecil Beamish:

Marine aquaculture. That is the overall picture. The issue on salmon farming is more complex. It is not that we have a whole host of new licence applications waiting to be determined. It is a matter for the industry, which is a private industry, to make new applications. There are two applications awaiting decision, so it is not that there is a large volume of people out there putting in new salmon farming applications which are awaiting determination. The ones awaiting determination are existing licences that are still operating, and operating as they were in 2009 and any previous year.

I was asked about the idea of developing a further sea survival training centre in the BIM training college in Greencastle. At the moment, the position is there is a state-of-the-art sea survival training centre at the maritime training college in Ringaskiddy, Cork, which requires a lot of equipment and also ongoing costs in terms of providing trained personnel. On the issue of whether or not to build a further one in Greencastle, the Minister has answered a number of parliamentary questions and it is probably best if I forward the Deputy a copy of one of those replies.