Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [47889/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The aquaculture sites, cited by the person in question were the subject of a Trial Licence issued by my Department in January 2005, for the cultivation of cod for a period of three years. This Trial Licence was issued on the basis that at no time during the period of the trial licence would salmon be stocked at any one of the sites. In view of this the matter of revocation of the salmon licence did not arise.

My Department has recently received a request under the Freedom of Information Acts, from the person in question, to which a response has issued. On January 23rd 2009, a request for further additional information was received by my Department. My Department will respond to this shortly, in accordance with Freedom of Information legislation.