Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names and the relevant qualifications of the members of the marine licence vetting committee tasked with advising him on the 35 year foreshore lease application by the Marine Institute in respect of the marine and renewable test energy site off An Spidéal, in Galway Bay; if any employee of the Marine Institute is sitting on the committee; when he expects the committee to report; when he expects a decision to be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5100/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Marine Licence Vetting Committee is in the process of being convened. The details of the committee will be provided when they are available. As the applicant in the case concerned is the Marine Institute, no member of staff of the Marine Institute will be involved in any way with the assessment of this application. The Marine Licence Vetting Committee is expected to meet to assess this application later in February with a decision to follow shortly there after.