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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 May 2017)

James Lawless: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (18 May 2017)

James Lawless: 292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a speed limit review undertaken in 2016 allowing local authorities request speed limit changes on local and regional roads in their own areas with particular regard to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23836/17]

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: I want to focus on the costs to businesses in an already difficult environment, particularly businesses in towns in rural and regional Ireland. Businesses in our towns are already under huge pressure on a number of fronts because society has changed. In particular, how we shop has changed, as have our demographics and our use of technology. People now purchase more goods online, they...

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

James Lawless: We have a quorum and will start the meeting in public session. I remind members and anyone else in attendance to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode as they can make it difficult for the reporters to cover the meeting and television coverage and web-streaming are also potentially adversely affected by them. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary...

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

James Lawless: I thank the Minister of State for his attendance and the member who is here. The grouping of the amendments has been circulated and I hope everyone has had a chance to review that. The groupings proposed are as follows. The first grouping is amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 53 and 54. The second grouping is amendments Nos. 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 20 to 25, inclusive, 28, 31 to 37, inclusive,...

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 53 and 54, are related and will be discussed together.

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 20 to 25, inclusive, 28, 31 to 37, inclusive, 40 to 43, inclusive, 45 and 51 are related and may be discussed together.

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 7 and 10 are related and may be discussed together.

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

James Lawless: For clarification, is Deputy Stanley indicating that he will table an amendment on Report Stage?

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

James Lawless: We will note that.

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

James Lawless: Amendment No. 10 has been taken with amendment No. 7. I ask the Minister of State to move that amendment.

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

James Lawless: Amendment No. 11 is grouped with No. 19. We will now have discussion on both. I invite the Minister of State to move the amendment and to make any comments he wishes thereon.

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

James Lawless: I ask the Minister of State to move amendment No. 12.

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 have already been discussed.

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. After the Minister of State moves the first amendment, we can take comments on the three amendments as a block.

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

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 were discussed with amendment No. 4.

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

James Lawless: Amendment No. 24 was also discussed with amendment No. 4.

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

James Lawless: I thank members for their attention. As indicated at the outset, we will now suspend the sitting for 15 minutes.

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

James Lawless: I move amendment No. 26:In page 73, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(3) To facilitate the rehabilitation of mine sites, the Minister shall mandate the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with local authorities, to identify historic mining sites and associated waste sites that were closed before 1977.”. I will outline the rationale behind this...

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

James Lawless: I thank the Minister of State. His officials hosted a very useful session yesterday evening where we had a chance to discuss and understand this. The reason I mentioned 1977 on the amendment was because I am aware of a lacuna between 1977 and 1997, where certain sites were not recorded properly for whatever historical reasons. It is an anomaly in the system. The year 1964 is a key date,...