Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion

2:35 pm

Mr. Dara Lynott:

Let me describe the sequence of events of our first prosecution. One of our inspectors was driving by a port and saw dredging activity and realised that nobody had applied for a permit to do this dredging. On that basis, he collected evidence to suggest that they were carrying on an unauthorised activity.