Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture operations that exist on land in this State; the location of same; the number of persons who are employed in them; the species that are being farmed; and the criteria for licensing them. [14226/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below and relates to Non – Foreshore licensed sites. Statistical information with regard to the number of persons employed on these licensed sites is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. However, my Department has asked Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) to collate these figures and I will be glad to forward them to the Deputy as soon as possible.