AQW 15349/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

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.

Asked by John Blair MLA on 24 February 2021

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Tabled
24 February 2021
Answer due by
11 March 2021
Answered
5 March 20219 days after tabling
Department
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Priority question
No

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.

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