Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any applications for new or additional drilling licences or amendments to existing licences are with his Department from a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29849/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Where a holder of a Prospecting Licence (PL) plans to carry out certain exploration activities under its licence, including drilling, a consent is required from the Department. The Department has one application on hand from Boliden Tara Mines DAC (BTM) in respect of an exploration activity consent sought as part of the continuation of subsurface development works by BTM on one of its PL areas. The Department is currently assessing this application and is engaging with BTM on this matter.