Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If I am going too quickly, members can stop me. Amendments Nos. 473 and 474 seek to replace three months with 12 weeks for consistency with other time periods in the Bill.

Amendments Nos. 510 and 564 seek to replace "simultaneously" with "on the same day". That is to avoid any confusion that may arise from a literal interpretation of the word "simultaneously". These amendments all seek to expand and clarify the language to remove any ambiguity in how a sentence may be interpreted, thus seeking to remove any confusion around that, which could, in turn, lead to arguments and different interpretations. They are basically clarifications and technical corrections.

I can run through the remainder of them in this section if members wish. Amendments Nos. 575 and 577 include regional assemblies, which have been omitted in error from a list of bodies that should be notified should a ministerial direction be issued under section 77.

Amendment No. 580 clarifies that Chapter 6 State authority development can relate to development that does not require AA or EIA "or", instead of "and", State authority emergency development.