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

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 5, to delete lines 16 to 19 and substitute the following:“ ‘environmental criteria’—

(a) in so far as it relates to a raised bog, means the conservation value of the raised bog taking into account a comparison made between the area, range, habitat, structure, function and ecological features of that raised bog and those of one or more than one other raised bog, and

(b) in so far as it relates to a blanket bog, means the conservation value of the blanket bog taking into account a comparison made between the area, range, habitat, structure, function and ecological features of that blanket bog and those of one or more than one other blanket bog;”.

Amendment No. 22 substitutes new text for the definition of “environmental criteria” set out in section 18(A)(7). It widens the scope of this definition to encompass the conservation value of a blanket bog as well as of a raised bog. The definition has also been revised to bring greater clarity to it.

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