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

I move amendment No. 64:

In page 25, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: “(3) The Minister shall—

(a) cause a copy of the proposed policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive prepared under this section, 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 proposed policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive and associated assessment have been laid,

(ii) any committee 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 guidelines 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, and

(iv) the proposed proposed policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive will not be made and have effect until—

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

(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) until the proposed policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive 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 policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive, and associated documents and assessments have been laid before the Oireachtas, a notice to the public that—

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

(ii) indicates the date on which they were 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 proposed policy directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive shall not have effect until—

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

(II) the proposal 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 directive or amendment or revocation of a policy directive are published on a website of the Government.”.