When will the promised maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill come before the House? More than 240 applications have been made for foreshore licences, some of which take up to five years to be determined. As the Taoiseach is aware, many of these applications involve job creation measures for coastal communities and ports.

The Bill is being drafted in-house and is due this session. I understand that, notwithstanding the complexity of the issue, the processing of foreshore licence applications has been speeded up greatly.