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
I am not even making the case for a single authority or agency because I understand it is not that straightforward. What I am making the case for, particularly at the early stages when there are multiple agencies or authorities, is having one place where anybody can go to be told what is appropriate. The Chair's point is a good one. There may be a single point of contact in a geographical area that can divert people to the correct agency. I do not have a PhD and I would struggle to repeat the configuration of agencies that has just been outlined.
As such, I can imagine how a member of the public would struggle. It is not that they are not experts but they will not know this terrain.
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