Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the public consultation regarding the proposed new Foreshore Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28081/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department published a consultation paper entitled A New Planning and Consent Architecture for Development in the Marine Areain January 2013. Submissions were invited for a period of four weeks during February. Over 200 submissions were received from a broad range of stakeholders including public authorities, companies, environmental NGOs, trade and industry representative bodies, and the public generally.

The majority of the submissions which addressed the subject matter of the consultation exercise were broadly supportive of the thrust of the Department's proposals. Having regard to the outcome of the public consultation, my Department is developing the general scheme of the Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill.