I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together.
Section 57 of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 requires that I lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas every six months a report detailing all exploration activities, including petroleum exploration authorisations granted during the period of the report. The last such report laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas was in respect of the six-month period ending 31 December 2021. In addition, both a report on the status of all petroleum authorisations, and a map showing where they are located offshore, are published on a quarterly basis on gov.ie (www.gov.ie/en/publication/10d43-acreage-reports-and-concession-maps/). The most recent such report and map were published in respect of the three month period ending 31 December 2021.
There are no current applications for licence extensions in the area referred to by the Deputy.