Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if seaweed harvesters, who for more than 20 years have been cutting seaweed on a set area of State-owned foreshore and or taking dislodged seaweed cast up on a particular stretch of seashore, can register their traditional rights under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; the other options available to register their traditional right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42748/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I have no statutory role in the registration of rights under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act.  Under the Foreshore Act 1933, I am responsible for regulating the harvesting of wild seaweed. My Department has been engaged in extensive consultations with key stakeholders and the Attorney General with a view to bringing forward a modern regulatory foreshore regime that harnesses the economic potential within our marine environment, while also protecting and managing this unique resource. I hope to be in a position to make an announcement on developments in this regard before the end of the year.