Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara application for an aquaculture and a foreshore licence for the cultivation of finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay, and the taking on board of concerns expressed about the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32855/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) for an aquaculture licence for the cultivation of finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay was received by my Department last year. The application and its accompanying Environmental Impact Statement are being considered under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act.

A determination in respect of the application will be made as soon as possible following completion of the necessary assessment process. This assessment process will take full account of all national and EU legislative requirements and will reflect the full engineering, scientific, environmental, legal and public policy aspects of the application.

The fullest consideration will also be given to all submissions received as part of the statutory and public consultation stages of the process.

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