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

I move amendment No. 843:

In page 347, to delete lines 3 to 10 and substitute the following:

“(3) Where, in relation to a relevant plan, the competent authority is the Minister and he or she considers that— (a) there is an absence of alternative solutions to the relevant plan,

(b) imperative reasons of overriding public interest exist or may, subject to the opinion of the European Commission, exist for the making of the relevant plan, and

(c) the compensatory measures proposed by him or her are adequate to ensure the overall coherence of the Natura 2000 network, he or she shall prepare a statement to that effect.”.