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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...decision. There is also the issue of organisations that might set themselves up just for one month, which, again, we cannot accept. Many environmental organisations have been operating for a long time, for example, the Irish Environmental Network, Friends of the Earth, Coastwatch, Birdwatch and SWAN. Again, if organisations have concerns on issues around the maritime area or the marine...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...permission to amend the MAC for the purposes of submitting the rehabilitation schedule. In instances where there may be a ten-year planning permission for significant infrastructure with a long and detailed design phase, it is not practicable to submit a rehabilitation schedule in just six months following the granting of planning permission. It is sufficient that the application to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...of the level of engagement with the public if they are to understand fully the issues at stake and which we are discussing here. That is not to diss the engagement the officials have had but we have a long way to go yet. The public needs to know about the Real Map of Ireland and the sheer size of Ireland’s marine area. It is enormous. The size is multiples of that of the land...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ..., and we would just like the review to happen earlier. While the Minister of State is correct that the Government does have to comply with the various articles of various EU directives, there is a long history of weak, poor or non-compliance with said directives, which is, of course, why we are so often in front of the European Court of Justice and found in breach of similar articles....

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Steven Matthews: ...marine protected areas were discussed on Committee Stage. The committee agreed that we would have an update from the Department on the progress on marine protected areas. Yesterday we had a very long, interesting and comprehensive presentation on marine protected areas from the Department by a very knowledgeable contributor, and we heard about the progress that is being made on that. ...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...framework because that would at least allow us to deal with some of these outstanding issues but, also, not just to have the review because, as the Minister of State will notice, the amendment is quite long. The officials are quite adept at reading long amendments from us on this and giving the Minister pithy notes to respond to them. The review needs to do a number of key things....