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

I move amendment No. 53:

In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(5) The Minister shall ensure any new guidelines, revocation or amendment of guidelines made 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.”.

This amendment may not be necessary, depending on the Minister of State's response again. I do not want us to get into the issue about typos but if there are material changes, do they have to go through a screening process? If they do, that makes the proposed amendment redundant, in my view. I would like some reassurance on the record that where there are revocations, material amendments or changes, there is a similar screening process.

I will come back on amendment No. 62 after the Minister of State's response.