Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 15 January 2015, the specific services and-or data that were provided by the Marine Institute to Bord Iascaigh Mhara for the Galway Bay licence application; the services and-or data of these that were provided by the Marine Institute from in-house resources; the services and-or data of these that were provided from outside the Marine Institute; and the number of staff of the Marine Institute that were involved in providing scientific services and-or data to Bord Iascaigh Mhara in relation to this application. [6244/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am assuming the Deputy meant to refer instead to Question number 99 of 15 January 2015 and the subsequent direct response to the Deputy from the Marine Institute. Matters concerning services provided by the Institute to Bord Iascaigh Mhara are operational matters for the board of the Institute. I will forward the Deputy’s question to the Institute for direct reply.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 15 January 2015, if the delay in deciding on the application by the Marine Institute on the Galway Bay licence amounts to the recognition by him that this application is going nowhere; and that giant fish farms cannot succeed in Irish waters. [6245/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As previously indicated to the Deputy the application in question is currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with 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.

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.