Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 3, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following:

“(3) The purposes of a review under subsection (1) include:

(a) contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives of maintaining bog habitats at or restoring bog habitats to a favourable conservation status;”.

Amendment No. 5 provides for the substitution of new text for the text of lines 24 to 26 in page 3 of the Bill. It amends section 18A(2)(a) and provides that the purposes of a review encompass a review or reviews of other natural heritage areas as well as encompassing the 2014 review of the raised bog natural heritage area network. It also gives more clarity to the purposes of a review to include "contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives of maintaining bog habitats at or restoring bog habitats to a favourable conservation status." One of the main aims of the EU habitats directive is to ensure that the habitats and species listed in it achieve favourable conservation status.

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