Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 41:

In page 24, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: "(3)(a) Any proposed policy statement arising under this section, shall first be subject to a screening determination for both Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment, and such assessments shall be conducted where the screening concludes they are required.

(b) In the event of a negative screening determinations under paragraph (a) indicating either or both such assessments are not required, the screening determinations shall be published alongside the proposed policy statement as part of the consultation thereon with the public and prescribed bodies, where such consultations shall be required notwithstanding any such negative screening determinations.

(c) Public consultation on the proposed policy statement will be for a period no less than 42 days, when excluded consultation periods are considered, and all materials for the consultation shall be available online at least, for the entire duration of the consultation period.

(d) The consultation bodies for the purposes of consultation in this section on the proposed policy statement are as per those prescribed under Article 28 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001, and shall additionally include the Environment Protection Agency and the Marine Institute, and any additional bodies required under the SEA Directive and Habitats Directive.".