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50 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 31 March 1998 in relation to the cost of a report (details supplied) on coastal zone management, the cost of the follow up report by the same consultants to summarise reactions to their first report. [12516/98]
The total cost of the compilation by consultants Brady Shipman Martin of a digest of the more than 100 submissions received in relation to "Coastal Zone Management — a draft Policy for Ireland" (Main Report and Discussion Document) and for making the keynote presentation to the public consultation seminar on coastal zone management on 30 March 1998, is not yet available. I shall advise the Deputy directly as soon as it is available.
One third of that cost will be for each of the three Departments concerned to bear.
51 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 31 March 1998 regarding the preparation of a coastal zone management policy, the component parts of the lengthy public consultation process referred to therein. [12517/98]
The preparation by consultants Brady Shipman Martin of the Main Report and Discussion Document on "Coastal Zone Management — a draft Policy for Ireland", which were published on 2 December, 1997, for public comment and were tabled in Dáil and Seanad Éireann on that day (PN 4695), followed an extensive review of the literature on the subject and extensive consultations by them with interested parties over the period 1995 to 1997. As indicated on page 3 of and in Appendix 4 to the main report, submissions were invited and received from many organisations, statutory and other, and from the general public, and direct detailed consultations were held by the consultants with some 33 organisations listed.
Over 100 submissions were received in response to the invitation issued to the public to comment on the main report and discussion document and the well attended and lively one day Public Consultation Seminar held on 30 March 1998, formally brought that lengthy phase of public consultation to a close.
