James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 6:

In page 20, line 10, to delete “3 months” and substitute “6 months”.

Amendment No. 6 is a technical amendment to section 24(2) of the Bill. Section 24(2) currently provides that an application to the Circuit Court shall be made no later than three months after the date the authorisation is issued. Such an application is permissible after and assessor has made an assessment, if either the Minister or the applicant does not accept the assessment or if the applicant is deemed not to have accepted the assessment.

Amendment No. 6 amends section 24(2) of the Bill to extend the application period to the Circuit Court, and the amendment has extended from three months to six months the period in which an application can be made to the Circuit Court. This arises from feedback on this that there was a particular concern, and Deputy Pa Daly made this suggestion. I am in agreement with him on that.