Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

These are minor drafting amendments agreed with the Parliamentary Counsel. Amendments Nos. 11 and 13 provide better clarity of meaning of the text. The purpose of amendment No.12 is to include within the provision all consents that can be granted under section 53. This includes consents under section 53(3), which pertain to consents to carry out underground electronic communications infrastructure, and consents under section 53(4), which pertain to consents that allow for emergency road works.

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