Maritime Usage Licence Determinations
The table below sets out details in relation to Maritime Usage Licence (MUL) determinations. Details in relation to applications for MULs with MARA are available to view here.
Reference Number | Applicant | Location of Activity | County | Activity | Status |
University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork T23 N73K | A number of locations in the Irish and Celtic Seas, as indicated in the Licence Map. | Various | Deployment of passive acoustic monitoring devices to describe seasonal and diurnal occurrence of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) in the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea as part of the CETUS research project. | Determined | |
Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | Portmarnock | Dublin | Geophysical survey and site investigations for a proposed subsea fibre optic cable having a landfall in Portmarnock, County Dublin to evaluate options for the route traversing the Irish Sea to Abergele, Wales. | Determined | |
Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | Dublin Port | Dublin | Geophysical survey and site investigations for a proposed subsea fibre optic cable having a landfall in Dublin Port, County Dublin and to evaluate options for the route traversing Dublin Bay, across the Irish Sea to Anglesey, Wales. | Determined | |
Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | Kilmore Quay | Wexford | Geophysical survey and site investigations for a proposed subsea fibre optic cable having a landfall in Kilmore Quay, County Wexford and to evaluate options for the route traversing Ballyteige Bay, across the Celtic Sea and St Georges Channel to Pembrokeshire, Wales. | Determined | |
Apollo Submarine Cable System Limited | Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) | N/A | Proposed installation and operation of the 2Africa Submarine Cable System within the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The planned cable will extend from Widemouth Bay in Cornwall to a number of countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. | Determined | |
Department of the Environment, Climate & Communications | Off the coasts of counties Wexford, Waterford and Cork | Wexford, Waterford and Cork | Deployment of the Marine Institute’s R.V. to undertake a geophysical survey in the South Coast DMAP to inform future offshore renewable energy development. | Determined | |
North Irish Sea Array Windfarm Limited | Off the coasts of counties Dublin, Meath and Louth | Dublin, Meath and Louth | Site investigation activities to inform the development of the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore windfarm (OWF) and export cable, off the coasts of counties Dublin, Meath and Louth. | Determined | |
Electricity Supply Board | Moneypoint | Clare | ESB intends to undertake a survey campaign at the Moneypoint Generating Station site to inform the engineering design of the proposed Moneypoint Hub Project. The marine surveys will include geophysical, geotechnical, environmental, and met ocean surveys. | Determined |