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
Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Is the EPA aware of the need for dredging in the first instance? I can understand the EPA is charged with protecting the environment, but harbours came into existence for practical reasons. Harbours must work and dredging is necessary if they are to be operable as harbours. I presume the EPA is conscious of that.