Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish a national strategy for the sustainable development of the seaweed sector in Ireland with a particular focus on the interests of traditional seaweed harvesters and their livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55189/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My responsibilities regarding seaweed are limited to the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933 which, in terms of seaweed, involve my Department processing applications for the hand harvesting of seaweed which come before me for determination.

Details on the background and future plans related to Seaweed Harvesting are set out in Chapter 20 of the National Marine Planning Framework and can be viewed at the link below:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/60e57-national-marine-planning-framework/