Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Regarding legacy projects, one of the concerns with the Bill has nothing to do with opposition to renewable energy, as renewable energy is something we all want. Given that MACs are in the process of being issued, or have been issued, by the Minister, where head 13 refers to the "rapid identification of areas which are not suitable for Offshore Renewable Energy", I presume we are not speaking about those areas where MACs have been issued, or are about to be issued, for the seven legacy projects on the east coast. It would be other areas, or am I wrong? Would it be possible for this provision on urgent area proposals to apply to any of those legacy sites or portions thereof?
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