Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 106:

In page 45, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:

"PART 8

REHABILITATION OF MINES

20.—In this Part—

"local authority" means a county council or city council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001;

"mine" means any mine or quarry within the meaning of subsection (1) or (2), respectively, of section 3 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1965 and includes—

(a) any place to which subsection (3) of that section relates, and

(b) any place used for the deposit of spoil or other refuse taken from the mine or quarry,

and a reference to the site of a former mine shall be read accordingly;

"mine rehabilitation plan" has the meaning given in section 21(1);

"Minister" means Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;

"rehabilitation, in relation to a mine, means the treatment of the land affected by a mine in such a way as to restore the land to a satisfactory state, with particular regard to soil quality, wildlife, natural habitats, freshwater systems, landscaping and appropriate beneficial uses.".

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