Ms Laura Brien:

A regulator is only as strong as its ability to enforce its decisions, and that is step one. From our point of view, there are a couple of steps we are taking. We have identified compliance, enforcement and monitoring as a key senior management team position and we are recruiting somebody to head that up. This is a new area, probably one that was not a major focus under the previous Foreshore Act, but we definitely see it as one where MARA can really add value in the overall space in the sense of the ability to monitor what is happening and enforce specific conditions. I am not saying it is easy - we know it is a challenge - but we have put it as a priority, and finding someone to head up that section is certainly a priority recruitment for us. Their first job will be to look at the Marine Area Planning Act, see what our roles and responsibilities are and start to build out the team and the expertise to deliver that.