Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the big disagreements between us is that the Minister wants to restrict this to something technical while we are looking to introduce some level of substantive discretion for the local authority. Is there not a requirement in the EIA directives of 2011 and 2014 annex II.13 for precisely such a screening process in these types of cases?

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