Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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There is detailed clarification in section 32, but every application would have to be assessed against the conditions set out in the marine planning framework. It is not that we will have one sector in the maritime area, at the cost of all other users or all other conditions. The Minister will have to make a determination based on the shared vision for the NMPF, policy, that the proposal meets the threshold on the requirements and that it is good policy for our maritime area. The Oireachtas will make a determination subsequent to that.