Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the nature conservation unit of the National Parks and Wildlife Service did not accept her Department's invitation to participate in the marine licence vetting committee in addition to providing their observations on the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government's foreshore lease planning application to construct an offshore electricity generating station in Galway Bay in view of the fact that this application is noted as a high priority strategic project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36431/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No 699 of 2 May last.

As outlined in reply to previous questions, my Department provided observations on this application and I am satisfied that these observations were appropriate. For this reason, and given constraints of staffing resources, my Department was unable to attend the meeting referred to.