EPA - Ireland's Environment, An Integrated Assessment - 2020

Chapter 8: The Marine Environment Figure 8.4  This table provides a list of dumping at sea permits and areas where dredging occurred in 2018 (confined or unconfined) 16 NO. REG NO. ORGANISATION LICENCE NAME DREDGES IN 2018 TONNAGES 1 S0004-01 Dublin Port Company Dublin Port Yes 178,558 2 S0009-02 Shannon Foynes Port Company Shannon Foynes Port Company Yes 168,020 3 S0011-03 Donegal County Council Buncrana Harbour Yes 5335 4 S0012-02 Port of Waterford Company Port of Waterford Yes 295,881 5 S0015-02 Drogheda Port Company Drogheda Port Yes 236,649 6 S0020-02 L&M Keating Kilrush Marina Yes 834 7 S0021-01 Port of Cork Company – East Ringaskiddy Yes 193,067 8 S0024-01 Dublin Port Company North Wall Quay Extension in the River Liffey Channel Yes 1,625,937 9 S0026-01 Aughinish Alumina Limited Aughinish Yes 1677 10 S0029-01 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dingle Harbour Yes 95,325 16 Confined dumping relates to material that is excavated at one site (by trailing suction hopper dredging or grab dredging) and dumped at a designated offshore site. Unconfined dumping relates to plough dredging or water injection dredging where dredged material remains at the site. 205