Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Officials in my Department have been in contact with the applicant requesting him to confirm that, as part of his qualification, he completed a Pesticide Application module equivalent to one of the recognised qualifications, i.e.:

- FETAC 5N0731 - Handheld Sprayer;

- FETAC 5N1797 - Boom Sprayer;

- City & Guilds PA1 + PA2a – Boom Sprayer;

- City & Guilds PA1 + PA6 – Handheld Sprayer;

- Teagasc Pesticide Application course (as part of 1-year or 2-year qualification);

- Teagasc Pesticide Application stand-alone short course.

If the qualification was awarded by Teagasc, the applicant can verify the qualification, for the purpose of DAFM registration as a Professional User, by submitting a query form directly to Teagasc and which is available at:.

The application will be processed accordingly on receipt of the requested information.