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- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 4c:In page 12, line 15 after “Act of 1976”, to insert the following:“and any naturally occurring species including flora species protected under:(a) the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012; (b) any convention which Ireland has ratified; (c) any Directive of the European Union; and (d) any national provisions implementing paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Are we discussing section 9-----
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----and section 8?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Would it not be better to finish discussing section 8?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That makes no sense.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Fine.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: This is an unusual grouping. I imagine that we will be very tight for time if we want to finish and vote on section 8. I had decided to withhold a few of my points until we commenced making generally comments on the section, whether supported or opposed.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Will I have a chance to briefly speak on section 8?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I also commiserate with the Minister. I had indicated previously, before the debate broke to go to Private Members' business, that I intended to speak and I, too, did not get an opportunity to speak. I regret that the Minister did not get an opportunity to respect either. I imagine we will get to speak on Report Stage. In terms of these amendments, I have two key amendments in section 9...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To clarify, there is already regulation and a requirement that where hedges are grubbed during the six months they would be replaced.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am asking for a joined-up approach between the existing regulations and their implementation. I will come back to it. I apologise - I neglected to mention my other amendment, to which the Minister has responded, on the statutory requirements. A serious concern that emerged in the meetings we had on the Bill, and I appreciate the Department meeting me, was that the all-Ireland pollinator...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We have not reached that.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We have not discussed the section which is opposed.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will not speak at length on section 8. The case has not been made for section 8. The amendment tabled by Fianna Fáil somewhat improves and ameliorates the damage in the section. I will still oppose the section even though it has been amended. The message was sent out on the idea that people would vote on a single issue. I believe people very much have been listening and I commend...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I said I would withdraw it and that I would be tabling a version of it on Report Stage taking account of comments made on it.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We spoke on this amendment such a long time ago so I beg the indulgence of the Chair. I seek clarification for those who have not signed the amendment which is quite long and complex and who may wish to put forward their own version of a road safety amendment on Report Stage. This is a complex amendment which includes a number of provisions. Will we still be free on Report Stage to put...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I reserve the right to do so. I have not signed the amendment.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 6a:In page 18, to delete lines 9 to 12.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To clarify, the concern was that there was an inadvertent perception that the Bill, as it was currently drafted, could potentially allow for an assault on a National Parks and Wildlife Service officer. It could inadvertently repeal the legislation which makes an assault on a National Parks and Wildlife Service officer an offence. I imagine that is not intended and I recognise that the...