Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, lines 24 to 26, to delete all words from and including “insofar” in line 24 down to and including “purposes” in line 26 and substitute “insofar as the activity relates to telecommunications”.

The purpose of this amendment is to insert a saver provision to maintain the existing ministerial consents that were given to Ervia to carry out telecommunications-related activities. Such ministerial consents were previously granted under section 17 of the Gas (Amendment) Act 2000. However, that section is being repealed by section 3(2) of this Bill because its scope is considered too broad. The inclusion of a saver is necessary to ensure the consents previously granted under section 17 of the Act of 2000 remain in place for Ervia and that this telecommunications-related work can continue post integration into Gas Networks Ireland, GNI. On this basis I propose the approval of this amendment.

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