Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:30 pm

Dr. Cecil Beamish:

There are constraints. One operates under the terms and conditions of one's old licence. Obviously, one undoubtedly would prefer to have a new licence, an extant licence but that could only be done by the State in compliance with the habitats and birds directives as that is a requirement.