Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will respond to that. Amendment No. 825 relates to section 183 of the Bill which provides for screening for appropriate assessment. The amendment if made would require that a screening report, when undertaken, would be published alongside the planning application. Section 183(7) provides that a determination in relation to a screening must be published along with the reasons for making the determination. Section 183(8) provides that a competent authority should publish the screening notice with the notice of the proposal to make the plan. As the competent authority is required to publish both the determination and the reasons for making the determination, it is unnecessary to explicitly provide that the screening determination report must also be published. I think that answers the Deputy's question.