Aquaculture Industry

631. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine concerns raised in relation to an aquaculture licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53609/26]

632. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider dividing Castlemaine Harbour for the purposes of the appropriate assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53674/26]

633. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of aquaculture licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53684/26]

655. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses processed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49390/26]

656. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses processed during the past five years and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/26]

657. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses are awaiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/26]

670. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses that were processed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49547/26]

671. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses waiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49549/26]

672. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the large backlog in the processing of aquaculture licenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49550/26]

673. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline that is acceptable for the processing of aquaculture licenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49551/26]

674. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is taking up to 20 years and longer to process aquaculture licenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49552/26]

422. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current and capital annual budget allocated to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board for 2025 and 2026; the baseline financial allocation required to increase this budget by 10% and 15% respectively, to assist with operational capacity, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [464…

196. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the improvements that have been made to processing times in relation to aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44477/26]

181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications are awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute; if there is an update on prioritisation to deal with these applications in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/26]

182. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence determinations issued by his Department since November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/26]

183. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications that are awaiting determination with his Department ; the efforts that are being made to address delays in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35720/26]

184. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications processed with appropriate assessments completed by the Marine Institute and his Department since November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35721/26]

473. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked 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]

2325. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of aquaculture licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27208/26]

387. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the improvements being made to expedite the delays in the processing of aquaculture licences, whereby applicants are waiting five, ten, 15 and 20 years for a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23312/26]

1426. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite aquaculture licence applications in respect of an applicant in County Kerry, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18872/26]

1449. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the significantly lower number of aquaculture licence determinations issued by his Department compared with forestry licence determinations, given that both involve environmental assessments, including appropriate assessment; the steps being taken to address the backlog of aquaculture licence…

1450. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff currently assigned to the aquaculture licensing division of his Department; whether additional resources or staffing are planned to address the backlog of aquaculture licence applications awaiting determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/26]

1458. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any discussions or expressions of interest with his Department for any future octopus farms in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20057/26]

448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence determinations issued by the Department in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown of how many of these were new licence applications or licence renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15665/26]