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

When I read section 12(9), I could not understand why it was split between paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and even paragraph (b) itself was split. Clearly there is a set of rights to appeal. Is there a rationale for those different rights? Section 12(9)(a) provides that "Any person may appeal the refusal". Section 12(9)(b)(i) provides that any person may appeal "the grant of a licence", but section 12(9)(b)(ii) - a separate subparagraph - provides that any person may appeal "the decision of a planning authority to attach a condition" and section 12(9)(c) - a separate paragraph - provides that any person "may appeal the revocation of a licence". I do not understand why these measures are not set out in a single provision, rather than separate ones. Is it the intention to enact these separately? It seems to be a strange way to draft it. I thought I should put in an amendment to allow me to ask the question.