AQW 15349/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 24/02/2021
Answered On Date: 05/03/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, under the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, (i) how many licences to shoot cormorants have been issued for the Sixmilewater Fishery; and (ii) to whom these were issued, in (a) in 2020; and (b) so far in 2021.

Answer:

NIEA issued one license to the Six Mile Water Fishery to shoot cormorants in 2020. One other license has been issued in 2021.

I have been advised that the names of the licensees are considered Personal Data under the Data Protection Act (2018) and that there is ‘no lawful basis for further processing’. The names of the licensees can therefore not be released.