Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals dealt with by the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board on a year-on-year basis over the past five years; the percentage of those appeals which were ruled invalid, upheld, or overturned in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/26]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB) is an independent appeals body established under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997.

The purpose of ALAB is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister on aquaculture licence applications.

Pursuant to Section 62(2) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Minister may not exercise any power or control in relation to a particular case with which ALAB is or may be concerned.

I have referred the Deputy's request for statistical details to ALAB for attention and direct reply.