Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With the amendment inserted, the new text of the Bill will read as follows:

... state that any such submissions made within the period specified in the notice shall be taken into account by the Office of the Planning Regulator in making a recommendation to the Minister as to whether to issue a direction in the terms of the draft direction and in the summary of submissions submitted to the Minister under subsection (12), which will be considered by the Minister in deciding whether to issue a direction under section 38.

We are basically stating that the OPR will provide a summary of all submissions submitted during the public consultation phase.