Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 8, lines 31 and 32, to delete "carrying out of a practice," and substitute "the carrying out of a practice".

On amendments Nos 1 and 2, the Government proposes to make two amendments to this section at line 21 by the substitution of "carrying out of a practice" with "the carrying out of a practice" and at line 32 by the substitution of "a radiation" with "the radiation".

In both cases, the word "the" is being included. The purpose of the amendments is to provide clarity that the definition of "undertaking" refers to the person with legal responsibility for the carrying out of a practice; that is to say, the licence or registration holder, not the practitioner who uses the radiation source as part of his or her work duties. This distinction is important because in the event of a breach of a licence or registration condition, the Environmental Protection Agency has the legal clarity required to hold the licence or registration holder to account.

On amendments Nos. 6 to 9, inclusive, the Government proposes to make a number of amendments to section 8 by deleting all words from and including "which" on line 22-----