Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion

6:30 pm

Mr. Séamus Mac Eochaidh:

That would suggest there would have to be consideration but there is no need for consideration. The mechanism is complicated but that is the way it is designed. If by using the word "acquire" somebody is implying we must pay consideration, that is not true. The acquisition would be by way of penalty on Acadian Seaplants.