Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 15, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(2) A licence approval will issue in default of decision by the Minister 12 weeks from receipt of the application. This approval, however, will be waived if there is requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement or Appropriate Assessment.

The amendment is self-explanatory and seeks to provide that a licence approval will issue in default of decision by the Minister after 12 weeks but the approval will be waived if there is a requirement by the EPA. I hope the Minister will take the amendment on board. We argued it on Committee Stage.

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