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

I move amendment No. 93:

In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 25 and substitute the following: “(5) Where the Minister makes regulations under subsection (4), in addition to having regard to the other provisions of this Act, he or she shall also—

(a) act consistently with:

(i) the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1993;

(ii) Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC;

(iii) Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment;

(iv) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast);

(v) Article 9 of the MSP Directive;

(vi) Article 10 of the MSP Directive,

and

(b) have regard to the following principles and policies:

(i) the opportunity to incorporate national and international good practices relating to public participation;

(ii) public participation in the process is inclusive;

(iii) the balancing of the administrative burden on the competent authority (M) and participants is considered, making use, where possible, of existing public participation processes and methods, while recognising any disproportionate burden on the public is neither desirable or permissible;

(iv) that public participation must be initiated at an early stage and continued throughout the development of MSPs;

(v) that appropriate use is made of a wide range of media to raise awareness to maritime spatial planning and public participation opportunities;

(vi) that appropriate use is made of information technology and is also accompanied by more traditional non-digital methods to ensure fair access is provided for;

(vii) particular additional requirements relating to MSPs that fall within section 16(3)(a), (b) or (c).”.