Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move consequential amendment No. 3c:

Section 4: In page 4, to delete lines 5 to 11 and substitute the following:

"(b) contributing to the carbon sequestration potential of bog habitats;

(c) contributing to actions, relevant to bog habitats, contained in a national plan or a plan for the island of Ireland, concerning the reversal of pollinator decline;

(d) selecting the most suitable bog habitats— (i) to be designated as natural heritage areas having regard to—

(I) all of the matters to which the Minister is required to have regard under section 16(6),

(II) national, regional and local economic, social and cultural needs,

(III) facilities and projects which can be of significant benefit to a community, and

(IV) projects which relate to strategic infrastructure development, within the meaning of the Planning and Development Act 2000,

or

(ii) to cease to be designated as natural heritage areas having regard to—

(I) environmental criteria,

(II) restoration potential,

(III) national, regional and local economic, social and cultural needs,

(IV) facilities and projects which can be of significant benefit to a community, and

(V) projects which relate to strategic infrastructure development, within the meaning of the Planning and Development Act 2000.".

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