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

I move amendment No. 845:

In page 349, to delete lines 3 to 13 and substitute the following:

“(9) The Minister shall, after— (a) having considered a statement submitted under subsection (2) or a statement prepared by him or her under subsection (3), and

(b) 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 concerned as to whether or not—

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

(ii) 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

(iii) the compensatory measures proposed by the competent authority are adequate to ensure the overall coherence of the Natura 2000 network.”.