Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage

1:30 pm

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 47:

In page 106, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Scope of Part 8

225.This Part shall not apply in respect of—
(a) quantities of mercury or mercury compounds to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard,

(b) naturally occurring trace quantities of mercury or mercury compounds present in such products as non-mercury metals, ores or mineral products, including coal, or products derived from these materials, and unintentional trace quantities in chemical products, or

(c) mercury-added products.”.