Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which a person would make an application to dredge the River Barrow and remove sand and gravel from same; the requirements in making the application and concerns his Department would have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14086/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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A person who proposes to carry out dredging or removal of sand or gravel in that part of the River Barrow to which the Foreshore Acts apply, would have to apply to the Department for authorisation under those Acts for the proposed works.

Any such application would have to give full details of the proposed operation, together with information on the likely environmental and ecological effects of the development so that its possible implications could be assessed in detail before a decision was taken on it.