Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out an independent review of the BIM Environmental Impact Study of the proposed fish farm for Galway Bay; the name of the scientist or scientists involved; if the review will be published; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27728/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has submitted an application to my Department for an Aquaculture and a Foreshore Licence for the cultivation of Finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay. The application and its accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is currently being considered in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act as amended.

All matters associated with the application and the EIS are currently being given very careful consideration by my Department in conjunction with its scientific and technical advisors.

As the application is under active consideration as part of a statutory process it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.