Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate

2:00 am

Dr. Shane McCarthy:

The Deputy's concerns are very much noted, but I will repeat what I said to Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I acknowledge that part of the role of the chair is to make sure that the operations of the board are done as efficiently as possible. There are, of course, other constraints that will limit those efficiencies. As I said, I have no difficulty coming back on a future date and, as was described, reaching out and describing where the delays to the desired efficiencies are arising.