I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 to 316, inclusive, together.
Detailed information relating to the Foreshore Licence Consenting process can be viewed on my Department's website at the link below. Details of each application made and relevant determinations are also available there.
A total of eight (8) foreshore licence applications to harvest seaweed have been received from 2018 to 2021, as per table below. No foreshore licences for seaweed harvesting have been granted in any county in the years 2018 to 2020 and none have been granted to date in 2021.
Number of applications to harvest Seaweed by Year and County received:
Year
|
County
|
Number
|
2018
|
Donegal
|
2
|
2019
|
Kerry
|
1
|
|
Cork
|
2
|
|
Galway
|
1
|
|
Waterford
|
1
|
2021
|
Cork
|
1
|
|
|
Total 8
|