Mr. Eoin Leahy:

I will speak about the consenting and licensing process. That engagement starts at the designated marine area plan where the State sets out what sites it wants to designate. Consultation is a key feature of that. Wearing my former hat, when I was based in Brussels Ireland was singled out for the quality and extent of its engagement as an example of good practice among the other EU member states. Going back to our role in MARA, we set conditions of our licences. For example, we recently did a licence for EirGrid which will be the survey work to connect the next south coast DMAP where fisheries liaison officers are required to be part of the survey process. That engagement is right through the process from start to finish.