Received 14 March 2017
Decided
Part-Granted
Request Reference 17/095
Requester Type Other
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

1. copies of all licenses granted by the Minister fro the Marine in respect of oyster farming on XXXX, County Donegal. 2. A copy of all correspondence between the Minister and applicants for licenses on XXXX, XXXX. 3. A copy of all correspondence between the Minister for the Marine and other government departments or individuals or non-government agencies in relation to the granting of licenses as aforsaid on XXXX, County Donegal. 4. Details of all sums expended by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to accesssing the suitability of XXXX for the grant of aquaculture and foreshore licenses. 5. Copies of all reports furnished to the Minister in relation to the suitability of XXXXX for the grant of aquaculture and foreshore licenses including, with prejudice to the foregoing generality, all reports on the following with regard to XXXXX:- water quality, other sources of pollution of XXXX, likely impact on other local uses of the adjoining foreshore, density of local population, economic impact with regard to effect on tourism and devaluation of adjoining residential properties, the maximum capacity of XXXXX for oyster farming, the limitation of stock inputs and outputs, the amount of feed inputs, the departments capacity for monitoring and inspection of aquaculture on XXXXX, including arrangements for dealing with escapes of fish, disposal of dead fish and review of records held by licensees and the degree to which increased aquaculture would restrict or prevent navigation of XXXXX XXXx by watercraft and pedestrian access on the strand by members of the public. 6. All reports dealing with the likely effect of the individual licenses and cumulative effects of the licenses on the conservation status of the sites in question, having regard to EU Directive and