Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications granted in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, for foreshore licences for seaweed harvesting by county in tabular form; and the locations in which such licences were granted. [12091/21]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received, refused and granted in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, for foreshore licences for seaweed harvesting in County Donegal in tabular form; and the locations within County Donegal in which such licences were granted or refused. [12092/21]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process by which a foreshore licence for seaweed harvesting is applied for; if there is a need for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12093/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 to 316, inclusive, together.

Detailed information relating to the Foreshore Licence Consenting process can be viewed on my Department's website at the link below. Details of each application made and relevant determinations are also available there.

A total of eight (8) foreshore licence applications to harvest seaweed have been received from 2018 to 2021, as per table below. No foreshore licences for seaweed harvesting have been granted in any county in the years 2018 to 2020 and none have been granted to date in 2021.

Number of applications to harvest Seaweed by Year and County received: