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

The question concerns when I will make a decision on the application in respect of a deepwater salmon farm in Galway Bay and an aquaculture licence. We will make the decision when I have all the information. We do not have the information and I have not read the application which is going through the system, as it needs to do. The queries, concerns and objections raised during the public consultation process must be considered in full. They are being considered in full and the answer to the question is that a decision will be made when we are ready to make it. It is a complex application and we will take as long as is necessary before I receive an informed recommendation om the decision I should make for approval, non-approval or amended approval. I will wait until I have answers to the questions raised and a recommendation on my desk before I give a date for it. I suspect it will be some time yet before a decision is made.

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