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

I move amendment No. 838:

In page 345, to delete lines 9 to 17 and substitute the following: “(9) The Minister shall, after having considered a statement submitted under subsection (2) or a statement prepared by him or her under subsection (3) and after having taken account of any submissions in relation to such statement received pursuant to an invitation under subsection (7), come to a conclusion in relation to the relevant plan as to whether or not—

(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 are adequate to ensure the overall coherence of the Natura 2000 network.”.