Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Mr. Niall Goodwin:

Yes, absolutely. It is something that we have been calling for for quite a while. The NPWS and An Bord Pleanála in particular, along with other bodies that I will not list now, need to be better funded. If anything could be done in that regard, it would be very welcome from an industry perspective.