AQW 25450/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 09/11/2021
Answered On Date: 23/11/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will review the draft notice to approve the marine licence for the Islandmagee Gas Storage Project and the consent of discharge.

Answer:

I am satisfied that all material considerations have been assessed by officials for the marine licence application, reviews of the discharge consent and abstraction licence for the proposed Islandmagee gas storage development. Therefore, I do not intend to review the decisions on the matter.

Final licences were issued to the applicant on 5 November 2021 and have now been made available along with the Habitats Regulations Assessment on the DAERA webpage.