126 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he and the national parks and wildlife service support the policy to develop aquaculture as outlined in the seafood industry strategy known as the Cawley report; if every effort should be made to maintain and develop a sustainable industry which produces up to €100 million in vital exports and supports more than 2,000 jobs in peripheral coastal areas producing top quality food; if he, his Department and agencies are committed to ensuring the fastest and most cost-effective measures are taken at national and EU level to address the ECJ ruling of December 2007 on Ireland’s failure to implement the Natura 2000 Directive in marine areas; if he will work in full co-operation with his Ministerial colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to quickly remove the long-standing logjams in aquaculture licensing, to restore vital grant aid lost to the sector and to re-open long-established mussel seed areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/09]

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126 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he and the national parks and wildlife service support the policy to develop aquaculture as outlined in the seafood industry strategy known as the Cawley report; if every effort should be made to maintain and develop a sustainable industry which produces up to €100 million in vital exports and supports more than 2,000 jobs in peripheral coastal areas producing top quality food; if he, his Department and agencies are committed to ensuring the fastest and most cost-effective measures are taken at national and EU level to address the ECJ ruling of December 2007 on Ireland’s failure to implement the Natura 2000 Directive in marine areas; if he will work in full co-operation with his Ministerial colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to quickly remove the long-standing logjams in aquaculture licensing, to restore vital grant aid lost to the sector and to re-open long-established mussel seed areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/09]

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