Brian O'Farrell

Competitive MAC Framework – Stakeholder Engagement Summary MARA is designing a Framework to underpin the competitive Maritime Area Consent (MAC) process. This stakeholder consultation outlines the design decisions that MARA has identified as preferable and suggests relevant criteria for assessing competitive MACs for the ORE sector in Ireland’s Maritime area. MARA has determined that the purpose of this ORE competitive MAC is to assist Ireland in pursuing its climate and energy ambitions, whilst benefiting its people and environment. Its primary […]

The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority launches a maritime authorisations application toolkit The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) has today Thursday 21th August 2025 released updated guidance and new application forms for Maritime Usage Licences (MUL) and Maritime Area Consents (MAC). Key benefits of this toolkit for applicants include: This streamlining of the application process enables the efficient and effective submission of the required information by applicants to MARA for assessment, which will facilitate enhanced application processing timeframes. The Chief Executive

Review of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Levy Framework The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority has on the 18th August 2025, on the eTenders platform, published a Request for Tender for services relating to a review of the Levy Framework used by MARA when calculating the levies to be paid by the holder of a Marine Area Consent (MAC) for the occupation of the part of the maritime area. The framework will be in line with the provisions of the Maritime

Circular MP01/2025 MARA received Circular MP01-2025 from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment on 11 August 2025. In accordance with Section 44 (c) of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, MARA will have regard to this Circular when considering applications for Maritime Area Consents or Marine Usage Licences.

Updated Applications Forms and associated Guidance Notes MARA the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority has today (25th July 2025) announced that it intends to publish updated Application Forms and associated Guidance Notes for Maritime Area Consent (MAC) and Maritime Usage Licence (MUL) applications in early August 2025. These updated documents aim to provide a clear and more user-friendly format to assist applicants to submit a full and complete application. This is anticipated to reduce the issuance of further information requests; promote

MARA the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority has today (25th July 2025) published a Draft Tonn Nua MAC on its website. The Draft MAC is subject to possible further amendment by MARA and should not be relied on as a representative of the final document. Any further amendments to this document will be posted on the MARA website. Visit the Oress 2.1 Tonn Nua page on the MARA website for further details.

ORESS 2.1 – Tonn Nua FAQ The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) has today 7th March 2025 compiled and published a list of the most frequently asked questions on its website (www.maritimeregulator.ie ) in relation to Maritime Authorisations for Tonn Nua. The questions have been split over three categories, those being General, Financial and Technical questions and they have been designed to provide clarity on a range of queries. MARA will continue to update the FAQ listing as queries arise,

Revised Financial Capability Assessment Guidance and associated Application Forms published MARA published Guidance in relation to Financial Capability Assessment for Maritime Area Consents (MACs) on 9th August 2023. The purpose of the guidance is to support MAC Applicants & Holders by clearly setting out MARA’s requirements with regard to Financial Capability Assessments. As set out in the Guidance, MARA has committed to keeping its content and requirements under regular review and where it is deemed appropriate, revisions will be made

Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Environmental, Engineering, and related Technical Expertise to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority have today published a tender for a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Environmental, Engineering, and related Technical Expertise to the MARA. The framework agreement is divided into 10 lots as follows: Tenderers may respond to one or more Lots, with no restrictions on the number of lots that a tenderer can