Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
463. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps a landowner at a location in County Kerry (details supplied) would need to take to remove silt and other deposit material from a river bed as the material is causing flooding at this location; if Inland Fisheries Ireland would agree to the removal of this material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/14]
View answerI am advised that the site referred to by the Deputy is located in the tidal section of the Laune river and is within the Natura 2000 designated Special Area Of Conservation of the Castlemaine Harbour.
Development or works on the foreshore in this area are subject to the requirements of the Foreshore Act and are also a notifiable action under the EU Habitats Directive. Both the Act and the EU Directive are under the remit of the Department of the Environment Community and Local Government.
