Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)

It is also defined earlier in the Bill. I will withdraw amendment No. 3 and move a substitute amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Government amendment No. 3a:

In page 8, subsection (3)(c), line 20, after "competitiveness" to insert "or environmentally sustainable development".

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment No. 4 not moved.

Section 7, as amended, agreed to.

Section 8 agreed to.

SECTION 9.

Question proposed: "That section 9 stand part of the Bill."