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Foreshore Administration

The Foreshore Acts 1933 - 2009 require that a lease or licence must be obtained from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for any works undertaken on the foreshore which are deemed to be:

• Wholly or primarily for the use, development or support of aquaculture or sea fishing.
• Located within the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres.

The foreshore is classed as the land and seabed between the high water of ordinary or medium tides (shown HWM on Ordnance Survey maps) and the twelve mile limit (12 nautical miles equals approximately 22.24 kilometres).

The Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2009 include the following:

• Foreshore Act, 1933
• Foreshore (Amendment) Act, 1992.
• Section 5 of the Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act, 1998
• Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Part 5)
• Maritime Safety Act, 2005 No. 11 (Part 6)
• Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Act, 2007
• Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act, 2009

Certain developments on State-owned foreshore are subject to the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 to 1999, requiring the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement which must be provided to the consultative organisations specified in the Foreshore (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1990 (S.I. No. 220).

All of these Acts are available at  www.irishstatutebook.ie/

For further information please see the Foreshore Application Form and Guidelines (doc 99Kb)

Please read the appropriate guidelines prior to making an application for a foreshore lease / licence to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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Transfer of Certain Foreshore Functions

As a result of the enactment of the Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009 responsibility for certain foreshore functions transferred to the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government with effect from 15 January 2010. For details please see http://www.environ.ie/en/Foreshore/ or mail to foreshore@environ.ie

Dumping at Sea functions transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency with effect from 15 February 2010. For details please see www.epa.ie or mail to: info@epa.ie