Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 June 2016
244. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a query (details supplied); to outline the correct application process with regard to grant aid for a sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18981/16]
View answerMy Department has responsibility for the licensing of seaweed cultivation. Applications for Aquaculture/Foreshore Licences for this purpose are considered by my Department under the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 and applicable EU legislation.
Applications may be made utilising the application form which is available on my Department’s website via the following link: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/fisheries/aquacultureforeshoremanagement/formsdownloads/.
My Department is also responsible for licensing the harvesting of wild seaweed where the primary use of the harvested seaweed is for fisheries related purposes.
Licensing for harvesting of wild seaweed for all other purposes is the responsibility of the Department for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
Information with regard to grant-aid for the sector is available from Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) at the following website address: http://www.bim.ie/schemes/.
