Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 24:

In page 10, line 1, to delete “having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including” and substitute “where there is”.

Section 7(2)(b) states: "suspend or revoke the licence, approval, grant or loan, or remove the entry, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including non-compliance with any conditions, but a revocation of a licence or of another foregoing matter shall not take place unless the Minister is satisfied that". I am trying to change this so that the grant can only be taken back if the person has failed to comply with the conditions of the grant. That is what normally happens with a grant. This section provides that the Minister may do it for any other reason as well as not complying with the conditions. That seems to give sweeping powers to the Minister. I am proposing that it could only be done where a person has not complied with the conditions of the grant.

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