Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is fine.

Amendment No. 573 relates to section 77(6), which states:

For the purposes of [the preceding paragraphs], a modification shall be deemed to be minor where it is not likely to have significant effects on the environment or on any European site.

I note the wording "deemed to be minor" and "not likely to have significant effects". My question is about who does the deeming and how it is done. I am proposing to insert "having been assessed and reported on" after "where" in line 4. I assume somebody will assess whether something is minor but it is not stated in the provision that such an assessment must be done. The wording is simply that somebody must deem a modification to be minor.