Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the latitude. Would the Minister consider changing section 18(1) to specify a period of three months beginning on the date of receipt by the Minister of the application? Section 18(2) states:

Where it appears to the Minister that it would not be possible or appropriate, because of the particular circumstances of a felling licence application or because of the number of such applications which have been submitted to the Minister, to determine a felling licence application within the period referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall, by notice in writing served on the applicant for the licence, inform the applicant of the reasons why it would not be possible or appropriate to determine the application within that period and shall specify the date before which the Minister intends that the application shall be determined.

Is it possible to specify within a period of three months beginning on the date of receipt by the Minister of the application?