Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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1527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application by a company (details supplied) for a foreshore licence to harvest seaweed off the coast of County Mayo; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by local persons. [15364/18]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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This application, along with others, most of which are by companies, is effectively on hold until such time as I am in a position to bring clarity to the regulatory regime applying to the harvesting of wild seaweed, including the interaction between the applications on hand from companies and any seaweed related rights that exist along the west coast.  At that point the applications on hand will come before me for determination.  Work on this complex legal issue is continuing and I hope to have made substantial progress on the matter later in the second quarter of this year.