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

I move amendment No. 97:

In page 31, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following: “(2) Where the competent authority (M) proposes to make a MSP, he or she shall—

(a) cause a copy of the proposed MSP 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 MSP have been laid,

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

(iv) the proposed MSP 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 MSP 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 MSP, and assessments have been laid before the Oireachtas, a notice to the public that—

(i) such proposed MSP 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 proposed MSP to the Minister and the Oireachtas,

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

(v) any such proposed proposed MSP shall not have effect until—

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

(II) the proposed MSP 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 proposed MSP are published on a website of the Government.”.

I am happy to withdraw with clarification of the DMAPs.