Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 7, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Report on the Implementation

12.(1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas following a post-enactment review.

(2) Within one month of the laying of the report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, the Minister and EirGrid shall account for the performance of their functions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for the Environment and Climate Action and shall have regard to any recommendations of the Joint Committee relevant to its functions.

(3) The Minister and EirGrid shall provide any information requested by the committee within two weeks of the receipt of such requests.”.

The amendment seeks to have a post-implementation review and that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment and Climate Action would have a role in regard to that. This is emergency legislation and there are significant risks associated with it. I do not expect that the Minister will accept it but he should.

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