Local Authority and Regional Assembly Staff Training

On this page you can access the recording from the OPR-CCMA workshop entitled ‘Implementing Marine Spatial Planning’ which was held on Thursday, 13^th June 2024. The video link contains the following:

• Marine Planning in Ireland: Implementing Marine Spatial Planning Processes Effectively and Efficiently – delivered by Philip Nugent, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications; 
• Maritime Authorisations and Compliance, Enforcement and Revenue Collection – delivered by Karen Creed, Director of Maritime Authorisation and Yvonne Doris, Director of Compliance, Enforcement and Revenue Collection, Maritime Area Regulatory Authority;
• Offshore Renewable Energy Facilitation and Ports Policy – delivered by Eamonn Kelly, Assistant Secretary General, Maritime Policy, Department of Transport; 
• An Bord Pleanála’s Role in Consenting in Maritime Area and Input of Coastal Planning Authorities – delivered by Ciara Kellett, Director of Planning, SID, Climate and the Marine, An Bord Pleanála; 
• Marine Spatial Planning Implementation: The Local Authority Role – delivered by Malachy Bradley, Senior Planner, Fingal County Council; and
• Marine Spatial Planning and Onshore Development – delivered by Thomas Watt, Senior Planner, Cork County Council.