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Co-ordination

Development Planning

Information and Transparency

Legal Jurisdictions

Public Participation

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Who is involved in how Bantry Bay coastal zone is governed?

There are several structures of governance within the Bantry Bay coastal zone. These operate at
different levels, from the local to the national level.

The organisation of government at national level involves a sectoral approach with specific allocations of responsibility given over to various government Departments such as Health, Education etc. There are 13 such Departments, all of which have a responsibility within the Bantry Bay coastal zone area, some more directly than others.The co-ordination of the policies developed by the various Departments and agencies of the State is addressed in several ways including, cabinet sub committees, interdepartmental committees and task forces and Ministers of state with cross-Department briefs.

Government Departments

Three of these Government Departments have particular local responsibilities within the Bantry Bay Coastal Zone; namely the Departments of Marine and Natural Resources, Environment and Local Government, and Arts Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.

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