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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: Yes. That work is complete. There was no time specification in the directive.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 27:In page 74, lines 30 and 31, to delete “or the Environmental Protection Agency”. In broad terms, Part 5 of the Bill is intended to address issues arising in respect of legacy mine sites. It empowers the Minister to designate an area as a rehabilitation area and allows for the adoption of a rehabilitation plan and for persons other than the Minister to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 28:In page 74, lines 32 and 33, to delete “Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government” and substitute “Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government”.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 29:In page 74, line 35, after “subsection (1)” to insert “granted to any person other than a local authority or the Environmental Protection Agency”.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: It refers to any land over which access may be required. It includes State lands.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: Yes. Section 136(2)(c) refers to "the local authorities within whose boundaries the rehabilitation area lies, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of State with direct responsibility for national parks and wildlife and for national monuments and any statutory body that the rehabilitation authority considers appropriate in the circumstances".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for his amendment. I very much concur with the general intent behind it. As I understand it, it is to encourage industry and the Government to focus on whatever opportunities there may be to extract minerals from existing mine waste at abandoned mine sites, thus supporting the concept of the circular economy. Under existing minerals legislation, State mining leases...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: One concern I have is that the message might go out that all historical mine sites would suddenly be reopened. There is a long list and some of them are to be found in scenic and beautiful areas. I do not wish to give the impression that we might encourage their reopening. I would be somewhat concerned about that but we can explore it further.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I am not familiar with the Avoca, to be honest. I know it is one of the major sites at Avoca, Tynagh and Silvermines where there has been extensive remediation in the past, and there is still some work that many people would wish us to do. We are carrying out work at the Avoca site now relating to tailings and the work is ongoing.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 31:In page 75, lines 40 and 41, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: Subject to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel advice, an amendment on Report Stage may be required to ensure compliance with the Aarhus Convention. This relates to sections 137 to 139, inclusive.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 32:In page 76, lines 12 and 13, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 33:In page 76, lines 17 and 18, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 34:In page 78, lines 10 and 11, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 35:In page 80, lines 7 and 8, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 36:In page 80, lines 19 and 20, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: The Minister for Justice and Equality is currently drafting the disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to amend a number of pieces of legislation so Ireland is in a position to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Section 173 of the Minerals Development Bill makes reference to persons of "unsound" mind, which is considered an inappropriate concept and...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 37:In page 93, line 3, to delete "Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources" and substitute "Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment".

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 38:In page 96, line 35, after "mining" to insert "licence". This is a correction of a minor error in the wording of section 198 on page 96, line 35, where the word "licence", which should follow the word "mining" has been inadvertently omitted. Amendments Nos. 44 and 52 correct references to other legislation, such as the Harbours Acts and the planning and development...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Seán Kyne: I move amendment No. 39:In page 97, lines 9 and 10, to delete“section 34(4), 51(4), 81, 100(4), 197 and 211(6)” and substitute“sections 32(5), 33(4), 34(4), 36(4), 51(4), 81, 100(4), 191(4), 197, 211(6), 227 and 228”. This is a technical amendment to section 200(1) to clarify that the Minister may bring summary proceeding for offences prescribed under section...