Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I do not understand why Article 9 of the directive, to which the Minister of State referred, is not listed in section 17(1). Section 17(1) lists other articles in the marine spatial planning directive. It lists paragraphs 1 and 2 of Articles 6, as well as Articles 10, 11 and 12. Article 9, as the Minister of State noted, is about public participation. Given the importance of section 17 in terms of how it interacts with section 18 on public participation, surely it would make sense to list Article 9 here. Can that be addressed? I do not see why that would not work or how it would take from anything or cause any issues. Can we look at listing Article 9 in section 17(1)(a)?