Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Future of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority: Discussion

Dr. Mark Mellett:

I thank the Senator for her questions. On the industry strategy, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney's team will lead on that. There will be a significant push on the skills development side. This is for the industry in general in terms of meeting some of our ambitions. In the internal context, I am not aware of any major gap at present. On our risk committee, we had to seek an augmentee to bring in that audit competence. We are also getting good support form the Chief Solicitor's Office in terms of the legal gaps at present and that is future-proofed into 2024. I will leave the final piece to Ms Brien.