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

I move amendment No. 834:

In page 343, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following: “(2) Where, in relation to a relevant plan, a competent authority (other than the Minister) considers that—

(a) there is an absence of alternative solutions to the relevant plan,

(b) imperative reasons (which may include reasons of a social or economic nature) of overriding public interest exist for the making of the relevant plan, and

(c) the compensatory measures proposed by it are adequate to ensure the overall coherence of the Natura 2000 network,

the competent authority may prepare, and submit to the Minister, a statement to that effect.”.