Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2014
402. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any dredging works have been carried in the past 20 years to Ring Harbour, Clonakilty, County Cork; if there are any plans in the future to carry out such dredging; how to apply for dredging works to be carried out to a harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16671/14]
View answerA foreshore licence was issued to Ring Boat Club on 16 August 2002 to dredge and remove debris from an area of foreshore at Ring, Clonakilty, Co. Cork. The licence remained in force for a period of one year from the date of issue. There is no record of any other application for dredging works at this location for the period in question.
All works and activities on the foreshore, including dredging, require consent from my Department under the Foreshore Acts. Details of the application process are available on my Department’s website at http://www.environ.ie/en/Foreshore/ApplyingforaForeshoreConsent/.
A Dumping at Sea licence from the Environmental Protection Agency may also be necessary.
