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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,...

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

James Lawless: I move amendment No. 30:In page 75, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Revitalisation 137. (1) In the two years following the commencement of this section, the Minister shall initiate an open investigative process on the potential reuse of abandoned mines and associated waste.(2) This process shall be managed by the Environmental Protection Agency, and consider the...

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. If I understood him correctly, the amendment might benefit from some consultation before Report Stage, at which point I may submit a slightly modified amendment. On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment.

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

James Lawless: I will withdraw amendment No. 30 for now but I may resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: When will the amendments need to be tabled for Report Stage?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: Will we be notified of that?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to fully retain the free travel scheme; his further plans to make changes to the scheme in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (17 May 2017)

James Lawless: 203. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the regulation of surrogacy; the timeframe for this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/17]

Minerals Development Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (16 May 2017)

James Lawless: Fianna Fáil will be supporting the motion. We firmly believe Ireland should immediately ban mercury mining. I have just come from a briefing on the Minerals Development Bill which is due to proceed to Committee Stage tomorrow. Obviously, the motion is necessary to enable the amendments to be tabled. Banning mercury is a crucial step towards maintaining the health of Ireland's...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (16 May 2017)

James Lawless: 60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the shift in Science Foundation Ireland's mission from basic oriented research to applied research, as per the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Act 2013, has been detrimental to the funding of frontier research here with attendant loss of skills; her plans to redress the balance; if...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (16 May 2017)

James Lawless: Before introducing the question I put on record the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, and I travelled to the European Space Agency recently as part of a very useful trade mission. I acknowledge and recognise the Minister of State's cross-party and collaborative approach in that matter and it was an excellent trip. The question is in a related field regarding Science...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (16 May 2017)

James Lawless: We can work together on that. I was aware of the changes in the SFI Acts in 2012 and 2013, when the policy was changed. At the time, Deputy Calleary would have spoken for my party and raised concerns. I know the academic community at the time were also concerned about the shift in emphasis. There was also the issue that for the first time, research priorities were being directed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (16 May 2017)

James Lawless: 73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the publication date for the planned framework for town centre renewal; if it will incorporate an action plan to support town centre renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22480/17]