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

Yes.

Amendment No. 659 to section 96 clarifies the resolution of members referenced means "passed by not less than three-quarters of the total number of the members of the planning authority". This is the case already but provides clarity to the reader of this section without him or her having to refer to elsewhere in the Bill.

Amendment No. 662 deletes section 96(6), which contains a detailed formula for voting procedures that was deemed overly prescriptive and unnecessary as local authorities have established practices for such procedures. By way of example, in amendment No. 688 the words "environmental impact report" are corrected to the correct term "environmental impact assessment report"; in amendment No. 1140 the word "fresh" is replaced with the word "new" as "fresh" is considered to be too colloquial, as in a new application is required rather than a fresh application is required; and amendments Nos. 1031 to 1034, inclusive, add the words "first mentioned" before the word "request" in section 336 to assist the reader to reference the correct request in question in a section where there is more than one request referred to. In all cases the changes merely increase clarity without changing the function of the section in question.

Amendment No. 689 enables the applicant to agree for the planning authority to take longer than the periods provided. That is probably not a technical one; I will leave it.