Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Does it definitely? The Bill covers development everywhere, but when it references unauthorised development in maritime places, it only references maritime sites. Why should it not be maritime area? Why not that broader wording? Are we absolutely clear that unauthorised development, by virtue of being a development, means that it is a site and is, therefore, covered? Why not just use the broader language used for development? Why have that inconsistency in the Bill? Why open that up to the possibility of court cases and someone saying a location is not a maritime site and the Bill does not apply to him or her because it does not apply to the whole maritime area? Why open up the possibilities for court cases, litigation and conflict on that? Why was that wording chosen? Why be so imprecise and inconsistent with the wording when we are introducing legislation on this very important area?