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

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 24, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following: "(4) The Minister shall—

(a) cause a copy of the proposed maritime planning policy statement, or any amendment or proposed revocation to a maritime planning policy statement to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with any environmental assessment reports prepared thereon pursuant to obligations under the SEA Directive and the Habitats Directive, and associated consultation responses,

(b) notify each Committee and Joint Committee of the Oireachtas that—

(i) the proposed statement, amendment or revocation and associated assessments and documents have been laid,

(ii) any committee of the Oireachtas may submit a recommendation, report or proposed resolution in respect of the Minister’s proposal and the Oireachtas, which must be considered before any motion to approve the proposal is presented to either or both such Houses,

(iii) any member of the Oireachtas may submit a recommendation, report or proposed resolution in respect of the proposal to the Minister and the Oireachtas, which must be considered before any motion to approve the proposal is presented to either or both such Houses,

(iv) the proposed policy statement, or amendment or revocation will not be made and have effect until—

(I) a motion approving it, has been passed by each Houses of the Oireachtas, or

(II) a motion to amend it, has been passed by each House of the Oireachtas, with any associated revisiting of the environmental assessments necessary in the context, and

(III) it has been subsequently published on a website of the Government, and

(c) cause to be published on an appropriate website of the Government, and in two national newspapers in two consecutive weeks, and as soon as practicable after the proposed statement, amendment or revocation has been laid before the Oireachtas, a notice to the public that—

(i) such a proposed marine policy statement, amendment or revocation and associated assessments and documents have been laid before the Oireachtas,

(ii) indicates the date on which it was laid,

(iii) any committee of the Oireachtas may submit a recommendation, report or proposed resolution in respect of the proposal to the Minister and the Oireachtas,

(iv) any member of the Oireachtas may submit a recommendation, report or proposed resolution in respect of the proposal to the Minister and the Oireachtas, which must be considered before any motion to approve the proposal is presented to either or both such Houses,

(v) any such proposal shall not have effect until—

(I) a motion is passed in favour of the statement by both Houses of the Oireachtas, or

(II) the proposed statement, amendment or revocation, is amended further to a motion passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, with any associated revisiting of the environmental assessments necessary in the context, and

(III) the approved policy statement, amendment or revocation is published on a website of the Government.".