Foreshore Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 November 2017

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Questions (259)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

259. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an application was received to remove large amounts of sand from the area of the River Boyne adjacent to a club (detail supplied) in County Louth. [48676/17]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

In April 2013 Drogheda Port Company was granted a licence, under Section 3 of the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended), to carry out maintenance dredging within the River Boyne estuary and seaward approaches and to beneficially re-use up to 60,000m3 of dredge spoil per annum. 

This licence has a term of eight years expiring on 9 April 2021.