Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 265:

In page 186, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 1A of Act of 1933

171. Section 1A of the Act of 1933 is amended by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (2)—

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for the purpose of a licence pursuant to section 3 of this Act in respect of:

(i) Marine surveys for the purposes of scientific research; and

(ii) Marine surveys for the purposes of site investigations or in support of an application under Part XXI of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the outer limit of the foreshore shall be deemed to extend to the outer limit of the continental shelf.”.