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

Amendment No. 664 proposes to add a regulation power that allows the Minister to prescribe limitations to the ability to extend the relevant period for making a decision on an application with the consent of the applicant. The Deputy may wish to come back in on the need for such a power because I am not 100% clear on it. He might like to give me further information and I can consider that. Deputy McAuliffe said it came about from his discussions with Uisce Éireann. I am not 100% sure about that but I am open to looking at it if there seems to be some contradiction with regard to other sections. Perhaps the Deputy can expand on that a little bit.