Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 November 2014
135. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans for protection against ongoing and serious coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44631/14]
View answerIt is a matter for the local authority in the first instance to identify and prioritise areas of risk of erosion along its coastline and then to assess if viable measures to address that risk are available. However, the funding of such works is not a matter for my Department. Local authorities may apply to the Office of Public Works for funding to assist with coastal protection works.
Where proposed coastal protection works involve the foreshore as defined in section 1 of the Foreshore Act 1933, it is necessary for the project proponent to apply to my Department for the requisite consent under the Foreshore Act to carry out such works.
