Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if approval will be given in respect of an application for an aquaculture licence (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17546/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The aquaculture licence application referred to by the Deputy is currently under consideration by my Department under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation.

The legislation provides for a period of public and statutory consultation. In the case of this application the public consultation period is now over. My Department is continuing to examine this application in accordance with the applicable legislation and full account is being taken of the engineering, scientific, environmental, legal and public policy aspects relevant to this application.

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