Have Your Say on the Future of Our Seas — Ministers call for final submissions on Marine Protected Areas process

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, and the Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD have called for people to give their views on the process of expanding Ireland’s network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) before the Government’s public consultation ends on Friday, July 30th. MPAs are geographically defined maritime areas with certain protections for conservation purposes. The Government aims to expand Ireland’s MPA network from 2.13