Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 56:

In page 11, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:

“Amendment of Act of 1933 15.The Act of 1933 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 8:

“Rights of way

8A. For the avoidance of doubt no provision of this enactment shall be construed as limiting or infringing upon public or private rights of way or any provision of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.”.”.

This amendment seeks to insert a new section providing that, "For the avoidance of doubt no provision of this enactment [especially changes in respect of the foreshore] shall be construed as limiting or infringing upon public or private rights of way [or, indeed, profit à prendre] or any provision of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.” It ensures that, for example, in respect of traditional usage of seaweed gathering, foraging, the photography that was mentioned and all of these issues, where there is an established public right of way, a private right of way by practice, or an established profit à prendre, these should not be in any way affected by the issuing of foreshore licences under the revised provisions.