The Harbourmaster and the Department of the Marine are proposing to dredge Howth Harbour and to use the material to infill behind the West Pier. These are my comments in response.

The EU is reviewing the rules on Bathing Water monitoring. I have made a submission addressing

• the ongoing failure to identify traditional and heavily used swimming locations;
• the refusal to monitor locations used for contact water sports, even where the discharge of treated effluent means there is a potential health risk to the public;
• the fact that monitoring is only over a short summer season, not throughout the year when people are actually swimming.