Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 113:

In page 62, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: " "community garden" means an area of land made available to members of the community for collective gardening purposes for personal or local consumption of produce and is operated otherwise than with a view to making profit, to be prescribed in regulations as "community garden" meaning an area of land that⁠—

(a) is owned or leased by a local authority,

(b) is let or available for letting from the authority to members of the local community for collective gardening purposes, and

(c) is used or intended for use⁠—

(i) wholly or mainly for either or both⁠—

(I) the cultivation of vegetables or fruit, grown mainly for personal consumption, and

(II) the propagation of plants for environmental or decorative purposes,

and

(ii) otherwise than with the view to making a profit;".

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