The Euro
pean Commission has requested documents from the Irish Government that were not made available during a recent investigation into sea lice on Irish salmon farms.
The request follows an objection lodged against the Department of Agriculture by environmental lobby group, Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) for its handling of the EU investigation into complaints from Irish NGOs on salmon farms and sea lice.
FIE has examined internal Irish Government files which they claim show that the report requested by the EU during the investigation from Inland Fisheries Ireland [IFI] was concealed by the Department of Agriculture from the investigators.
Janez Potocnik, European environmental commissioner said “all the information and material referred to by FIE will be sought from the Irish Authorities and duly examined” to see it it “justifies reopening the investigation.”
The commission has told FIE that it expects to reach a decision in September.
pean Commission has requested documents from the Irish Government that were not made available during a recent investigation into sea lice on Irish salmon farms.The request follows an objection lodged against the Department of Agriculture by environmental lobby group, Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) for its handling of the EU investigation into complaints from Irish NGOs on salmon farms and sea lice.
FIE has examined internal Irish Government files which they claim show that the report requested by the EU during the investigation from Inland Fisheries Ireland [IFI] was concealed by the Department of Agriculture from the investigators.
Janez Potocnik, European environmental commissioner said “all the information and material referred to by FIE will be sought from the Irish Authorities and duly examined” to see it it “justifies reopening the investigation.”
The commission has told FIE that it expects to reach a decision in September.
