Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 72:

In page 75, line 8, to delete “Subject to subsection (2)and (3), a Director shall” and substitute “A Director shall”.

On Committee Stage, I signalled my intention to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage to remove the provision exempting the director from carrying out remedial works on a site where the owner or occupier planned to carry out the works or where the land is subject to development. This amendment is on foot of engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which advised that it would be appropriate for the director to remediate a site in circumstances where intervention at a site is exempt from planning permission.

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