‘Safe Seas – Connected Coasts’ 2025 – 2030, updates and refines the focus we had in our previous strategy into five key areas of activity. It underlines the primacy of our aids to navigation activity and strengthens our commitment to new activities, which were developed in the last five years and are demonstrating real potential and tangible results.
Introduction
Strategic Drivers for Change
5 Focus Areas
At the heart of this strategy is a commitment by Irish Lights to navigational safety at sea and around our coast, the adoption of effective and sustainable technologies, the protection and enhancement of our maritime environment and the sharing of our heritage with coastal communities. This is driven by our history, sense of place, our values, and our links to our user and stakeholder community. Building on our history and enduring values, we look forward, through the implementation of this strategy, to ensuring that Irish Lights continues to make a vital contribution to the maritime sector and the wider economy over the next five years and beyond.
The primary focus area for our strategy will always be Safe Navigation which reflects our core statutory safety functions and evolving industry, and maritime safety requirements linked to the strategic drivers of change.
To reflect the significance of Marine Spatial Planning and the National Marine Planning Framework as a co-ordinating context for marine planning, development and protection, we have introduced a new Focus Area to demonstrate the importance of Leadership, Collaboration and Alignment with related policies and organisations at national and international level.
In response to stakeholder feedback, we have elevated our actions on climate change and our commitment to sustainability, environment, and biodiversity. We also maintain our commitment to the coastal communities in which we work and to safeguarding our heritage and developing the Great Lighthouses of Ireland all-island tourism initiative.
Delivering Excellence and our ongoing commitment to our Values reflects the importance we attach to our employees, their professionalism and expertise, and the delivery and development of our services in an agile, efficient, innovative and effective manner. We further benefit in this area from the sharing of expertise and resources with our sister organisations in Trinity House and the Northern Lighthouse Board and our shared General Lighthouse Authority Research and Development team.
