Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will confirm therefore that he is responsible for granting and refusing licences. What did Marine Harvest mean when it requested that a champion, as it put it, be put in place? Was this the reason Deputy McHugh became the Minister of State with responsibility for both Gaeltacht affairs and, strangely, natural resources? We know Údarás na Gaeltachta supported the salmon farming industry. Is the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, the champion Marine Harvest sought in the Government?

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