Brian O'Farrell

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

EMD Workshops Applications Now Open for May 2025 in Cork The Government of Ireland wish to inform all stakeholders that the call is now open inviting groups or individuals to apply to organise a stakeholder workshop as part of EMD on 22nd and 23rd May 2025 in Cork. As part of the programme of EMD events, there are expected to be around 20 workshops across two days covering specific marine related themes. These stakeholder workshops are at the core of