Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 10, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(6) The Chairperson of the Board shall if requested, 12 months from the establishment day and at least once per annum thereafter come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment to provide a report including financial details on the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme and other matters relating to the Board.".

I will not delay the House on this amendment in the hope that the Minister might accede to a request. It would only be fair and right that the chairperson of the board would come before the joint committee on a annual basis in order to ascertain the success, or otherwise, of the scheme and adjudicate, if possible, on the issues the Minister has raised, especially in regard to outstanding litigation, the results of which may be known during the course of the year and based on those results recommendations could be forthcoming at that stage.

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