Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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With the Chairman's indulgence, what happens throughout 2022 where legacy projects are progressing? Mr. Cronin is not only telling us that there is a time lag with the designation of MPAs, but the completion of the sensitivity mapping and all those other very important pieces of work will not necessarily be available as MACs are being granted by the Minister, or planning applications are going into the board, for some of the large-scale wind projects off the east coast.