Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 22 January 2013, the number of the 17 actions within the Action Plan for Jobs which are targeted at the agri-food sector that have been completed or rolled out as of 31 January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6667/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 530, the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs included 17 actions which specifically relate to the agri-food and fisheries sectors. With the exception of one area, all of the targets set were met, or are being met on an ongoing basis.

The target date of end December 2012 for the determination of the deep-sea organic salmon aquaculture licence, action number 8 in the aforementioned Parliamentary Question, was not achieved. This application is still under active consideration. The decision on the licence application will be made when the analysis is completed on the large number of submissions and objections which were received on foot of the statutory public consultation on the issue which ended on 13 December last.