Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
561. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the body or agency that has planning jurisdiction over the tidal foreshore; the body or agency that has responsibility for regulating boats in this area in particular boats with onboard accommodation; if he will provide a definition of the adjacent area to local authorities functional area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21037/20]
View answerBoth the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, hold responsibilities in relation to the regulation of developments in the foreshore. The appropriate Minister may grant a lease or a licence in respect state-owned foreshore, where it is in the public interest to do so.
Regulation of boats does not come within my remit as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.
It would be a matter for each individual local authority to provide a view on whether a development or proposed development was in or adjacent to the functional area. If the Deputy has a particular circumstance in mind, he should make an enquiry to the relevant local authority.
