Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Our amendment would remove the subsection that prohibits the questioning of the validity of an act done by the Minister or a relevant licence granted except through judicial review and delete the harsh restrictions on applying for judicial reviews relating to the act done by the Minister, which excludes bodies or organisations dedicated to heritage protection, archaeology, history and culture. Rather than banning the questioning of act done by the Minister, a perhaps better wording than proposed under amendment No. 171 would be that the validity of an act done by the Minister under this chapter or a relevant licence granted may be challenged in law by way of an application for judicial review. Having spoken with Deputies Ó Broin and Ó Snodaigh, has the Minister of State comments to make on those concerns?