Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of environmental impact assessments, EIAs, he has commissioned for aquaculture licences in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the water bodies to which these EIAs applied; if this information publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50864/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Environmental Impact Assessments in respect of the years referred to by the Deputy were conducted by my Department under the provisions of Statutory Instrument 236 of 1998 as amended.

During this period one Environmental Impact Assessment was carried out in respect of an aquaculture licence application for the cultivation of finfish in the marine environment.

The water body in question was Bantry Bay.

This Environmental Impact Assessment, together with the Environmental Impact Statement submitted by the applicant, are available to view on my Department’s website.