Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group met; when the group will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that it was due to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Government established the Inter-Departmental Group on Managing Coastal Change to scope out an approach for the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change to our coastal communities. The Inter-Departmental Group is jointly chaired by my Department and the OPW and will bring forward options and recommendations for the Government to consider. The Inter-Departmental Group has met on three occasions to date and is also supported by a Technical Working Group. 

During 2021, to assist and support the work of the Group, my Department and the OPW also engaged in a series of bilateral meetings with relevant Departments and key stakeholders to discuss the emerging work of the Group and for issues relating to coastal change management to be identified and explored in the context of the particular operations of the participating organisations. The Inter-Departmental Group is due to meet again shortly to further advance the drafting and finalising of its report which will be presented to Government for their consideration.