Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

National Marine Planning Framework: Discussion

Mr. Conor McCabe:

We will scope those out over the next couple of months. There will be a project approach to it. We will form a working group. That will go to public consultation too. We will work on two types of guidelines initially. Since it is the big ticket item at the moment, we will fast-track the offshore renewable energy development guidelines and follow that up with general development management guidelines, all applicable to the marine area. They will be subject to strategic environmental assessment, SEA, and appropriate assessment, AA, so there will be a strong element of public participation. I expect we will make serious headway on those in the next 18 months.

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