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
Mr. Conall O'Connor:
The powers of enforcement have been modelled on existing powers of enforcement in various similar marine environmental legislation. We are satisfied that they are quite robust. We also took legal advice before putting them into the general scheme. Regarding the powers of the authorised person, he or she would have the full suite of powers in similar legislation of any authorised person conducting an investigation to enter premises, seize documents, question people and gather materials within the confines of the Constitution. We did not reinvent the wheel. We were working on existing-----
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