Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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The answer we got from the officials is while they might be existing bodies, these might be new functions to existing bodies. All of the existing bodies that already had a licensing and enforcement responsibility would continue to have that as well. I know it is a very naive question but we asked who someone should call if they saw something on the seashore that was not compliant with a conservation objective. There was a long list for the various kinds of non-compliance. If your enforcement structure is so complex, it becomes problematic.