Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

There must be a commitment from the new authority that it will vindicate the constitutional right of the State under Article 10.3. It is the State, on behalf of all of the people, that owns all resources on the foreshore. Therefore, any attempt to exclude the public is wrong and unconstitutional. I ask that the new authority, when it moves to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, become the equivalent of an activist in terms of enforcing the rights of the public.

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