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

This comes back to the various areas to be considered in the national planning framework. Amendment No. 142 seeks to insert the words "air quality management". Amendment No. 143 seeks to insert the wording "compliance with the State’s European Union obligations for waste management, water quality, air quality, nature conservation and restoration, and reduction of green house gas emissions,”. Amendment No. 154 states:

In page 61, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(e) promotion of sustainable development consistent with a focus on improving human health and well-being and the establishment of metrics and criteria for evaluating these considerations and monitoring them within the life of the plan;”.

The formulation is similar to an amendment in an earlier grouping which the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, refused to accept. Even though I am an eternal optimist, I do not expect the Minister of State to accept it now. It is really just trying, in those relevant subsections of section 19, to be much more explicit on issues of air and water quality, waste management and public health, and how to monitor those matters post the plan.