List of Applications for a Licence under the Maritime Area Planning Act, 2021
The table below sets out applications for Maritime Usage Licences (MULs) with MARA for determination. Details in relation to MUL determinations are available to view here.
Reference Number | Applicant | Location of Activity | County | Activity | Status | |
Port of Waterford | River Suir at the Port of Waterford Belview Co Kilkenny | Kilkenny/ Waterford | Geotechnical investigation required to support the design of a proposed 250m Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) capable quay extension in the River Suir at the Port of Waterford, Belview, Co. Kilkenny | Applied | ||
Doyle Shipping Group | Lower harbour of Cork on the western side of the River Lee | Cork | Site investigation in the maritime area including reclaimed dockland and surrounding nearshore to aid the design of increased port facilities in support of the ORE industry. | Withdrawn | ||
Aughinish Alumina Ltd | Shannon Estuary | Limerick | Maintenance dredging at four sites around the Aughinish Alumina Ltd (AAL) jetty, Shannon Estuary, Co. Limerick. | Applied | ||
Iarnród Éireann | East Coast | Dublin to Wicklow | A Geotechnical Investigation (GI) and Geophysical site investigation surveys to inform design options for the proposed East Coast Rail Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP). The purpose of ECRIPP is to implement protection measures to at risk sections of the Dublin to Wexford railway line from the effects of climate change and coastal erosion. | Withdrawn | ||
Dublin City Council | Point Bridge and Tom Clarke | Dublin | Environmental survey and ground investigation works in order to inform the design of proposed Point Bridge and Tom Clarke Widening Project. | Applied | ||
Port of Waterford Company | Waterford Estuary | Waterford | Maintenance dredging of accumulated sediments to maintain the port’s navigational trade areas. | Applied | ||
Wicklow County Council | Wicklow Port | Wicklow | Maintenance dredging of the navigation channel, turning basin and berths within Wicklow Port. | Applied | ||
Deep Sea Fibre Networks Ltd. | South West of Ireland | Galway | Marine Survey and Site Investigations for a cable route for the PISCES subsea telecoms cable system from a landfall at Ballyloughane County Galway traversing the Irish Maritime Area to the south west of Ireland. | Applied | ||
Apem Group | Blasket Sound, Great Blasket, Dingle Peninsula | Kerry | Survey works are to be carried out including deployment of static Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) devices, boat-based line transects, intertidal and subtidal surveys. | Applied | ||
Department of Defence | Haulbowline Naval Base | Cork | The proposed maritime usage is for maintenance dredging of the entrance channel and the southern part of the Graving Dock. Maintenance dredging of the basin and entrance channel takes place approximately every 5 to 6 years to ensure the safe navigation of the naval fleet in the Haulbowline Naval Base, with the last Maintenance dredging campaign performed in 2017. | Applied | ||
Codling Wind Park Limited (CWPL) | East Coast of Ireland | Dublin to Wicklow | CWPL intends to undertake survey mobilisations at the proposed Licence Area to inform the location and detailed design of the proposed CWP OWF, export cable route, potential operations and maintenance base, potential land reclamation area at the potential onshore substation location, and additional buffer zones. | Applied | ||
Amazon MCS Ireland Ltd | Across the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to a landfall on the East Coast of the United States | Cork | Geophysical survey and site investigations for a proposed transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable having a landfall at Castlefreke, County Cork to evaluate options for the route across the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to a landfall on the East Coast of the United States. | Applied | ||
SEATEC | South West Ireland | N/A | The proposed maritime usage involves the salvage operation of the cargo of the SS Ohio, a World War I era steamship located 142 NM from the Irish territorial waters at a depth of 330 meters. The objective is to retrieve non-ferrous metals from the wreck site while ensuring minimal environmental impact. | Applied | ||
MaresConnect Ltd | Portmarnock to Ardgillan | Dublin | The proposed maritime usage involves conducting site investigation surveys to assess various factors, including seabed suitability and stability for routing cables and other electrical infrastructure associated with the interconnector project from the 12 nautical mile (nm) limit to the EEZ. | Applied | ||
University College Cork | Celtic Sea | N/A | This marine environmental survey for the purpose of scientific research and discovery aims to shed light at the palaeo-channel network of the Celtic Sea and assess potentially important benthic habitats. | Withdrawn | ||
University College Dublin | Celtic Sea | Cork to Waterford | To undertake a geophysical and sediment sampling survey off the south coast of Ireland to inform environmental and geological studies in relation to Blue Carbon potential of marine sediments | Withdrawn | ||
Iarnród Eireann | Booterstown to Wicklow Town | Dublin to Wicklow | To undertake a Geotechnical Investigation, Geophysical site investigation surveys, ecology and marine archaeology surveys to inform design options for the proposed East Coast Rail Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP). | Applied | ||
Bremore Port, Bremore Ireland Port Designated Activity Company (BIPDAC) | North of Balbriggan, spanning the border of County Meath and Dublin, Gormanston Bay Beach and Knocknagin Bay Beach. | Dublin and Meath | Site investigations to inform the location and design of a proposed port infrastructure. The site investigations will include marine geophysical, geotechnical, environmental, metocean and archaeological surveys. | Applied | ||
Uisce Éireann | Locations off the coast of counties Sligo and Donegal | Donegal and Sligo | The proposed works will gather information on water currents, bathymetry and ancillary data on temperature, conductivity and salinity within Donegal Bay, Sligo Bay and their adjoining waters. | Applied | ||
Gas Networks Ireland | Shannon Estuary | Limerick | Marine environmental surveys within two areas of the Shannon Estuary adjacent to the townlands of Cahiracon and Tarbert to provide high-quality baseline data that can contribute to a reliable basis for site selection for the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve. The surveys require the deployment and retrieval of up 3 static acoustic monitoring (SAM) devices per study area and up to two acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP) per study area. | Applied | ||
Gas Networks Ireland | Cork Harbour | Cork | Marine survey within Cork Harbour to provide high-quality baseline data that can contribute to a reliable basis for site selection for the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve. The surveys require the deployment and retrieval of static acoustic monitoring (SAM) devices and up to two acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP) within the study area. | Applied | ||
Allod Energy Ltd | South coast Cork | Cork | Marine geophysical site investigations in the Celtic Sea. Allod Energy Ltd will undertake these investigations with the objective of assessing an area in the Celtic Sea for potential subsea hydrogen storage. | Applied | ||
Oilean Glas Teoranta | Donegal | Donegal | Oilean Glas Teoranta (OGT) is applying for a Maritime Usage Licence (MUL) for the hand harvesting of seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum from the intertidal shoreline of the following three bays in Co. Donegal: Dungloe Bay Mulroy Bay Trawbreaga Bay | Applied | ||
Port of Cork Company | Dognose Bank, Corkbeg, Whitegate | Cork | To carry out marine site survey work and site investigations including geophysical surveys, geotechnical surveys, environmental surveys, intertidal benthic surveys and marine mammal surveys. | Applied | ||
BioAtlantis Ltd | Clew Bay | Co. Mayo | Seaweed harvesting of Ascophyllum nodosum in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo | Applied | ||
Seabed Sanctuary Collective | Bantry Pier/Glengarriff Harbour SAC | Co.Cork | To install a series of sculptures on the seabed for a sub-marine sculpture garden accessible from Glengarriff Harbour and Bantry Pier. | Applied | ||
John Renos | Rossbrin and Horse Island, Cork | Co. Cork | To undertake benthic surveys in the vicinity of Horse Island Co. Cork to provide information required for a future ecological assessment of a subsea electrical connection from Rossbrin to Horse Ireland, Co. Cork. | Applied | ||
RNLI Ireland | Courtmacsherry Townland of Cullenagh | Co. Cork | To carry out site investigation works to inform the design of a new RNLI jetty and berth and, to inform disposal options for dredged sediment material. | Applied | ||
Uisce Éireann | Cork Harbour Townland: Monkstown | Co. Cork | To carry out a strategic modelling study of water currents within Cork Harbour and its environs. The study requires the deployment of up to nine (9) Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) at various locations within the area to provide the data required to conduct the modelling. | Applied | ||
EirGrid plc | EirGrid plc, The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. | Co. Dublin | Site investigation works to inform the engineering design and environmental assessments of a proposed electrical cable circuit crossing Dublin Bay from Blackrock Park to Shellybanks | Applied | ||
Wexford County Council | River Barrow, New Ross to Barrow Bridge | Wexford | Marine environmental surveys for the purposes of site investigation to establish baseline oceanographic and environmental data for use in assessments in relation to the potential dredging of these locations. Wexford County Council (the authority for the port of New Ross) propose to undertake a number of surveys in this section of estuary. | Applied | ||
EirGrid plc | South Coast Of Ireland | Cork, Waterford and Wexford | The maritime usage proposed is for marine site investigation (SI) works to inform the engineering design and environmental assessments for two offshore substations (OSS) in the Tonn Nua Area A (as identified in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan), potential offshore transmission cable corridors, approaches to seven potential landfall zones, and seven landfall zones. | Applied | ||
Uisce Éireann | South Cork Coast | Cork | To conduct a strategic modelling study of water currents and bathymetry along a section of the South Cork Coast | Applied | ||
Uisce Éireann, | South East Coast | Wexford/Waterford | To conduct a strategic modelling study of water currents and bathymetry along the Southeast Coast of Ireland | Applied |