Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. There will be no diminution of that. It will still be the case that the legislative obligations around the environmental impact assessment, EIA, and appropriate assessment, AA, will remain unchanged. The amendment seeks to provide that where a licence has already been issued in respect of a proposed development, additional consent under the provision introduced in the 2021 Act is not required as long as an EIA or an AA has already been carried out. No changes are being made to EIA or AA provisions themselves. I want to give an assurance that there is no change in that regard.