Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion
Mr. Conor McCabe:
I thank the Deputy for her comments and questions. The decision by the Government to establish this enforcement agency is very recent. We are at the stage of scoping it out. We will obviously be including it in the primary legislation. We are developing that legislation with the Attorney General at the moment. The good news is that this is not the first time an enforcement agency has been established. We have a couple of blueprints, such as that of the Environmental Protection Agency. We will be talking to such bodies, on a very practical level, and to existing players in the industry. Work is in progress at the moment with regard to the nitty-gritty.