Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is very useful but it does not answer my specific question.
On enactment, would it be possible, before MARA is set up and the formal process of maritime consent is initiated, that the Minister may decide to designate another Minister in another Department with responsibility, primarily, for offshore wind? That Department would, therefore, have a set of expertise in that area, with responsibility to lead a DMAP for the geographical, or sub-regional, area that currently incorporates the legacy projects. Is that possible and is it the Government's intention to do that?
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