Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

This is a technical amendment. Section 36(9) enables the Minister to make regulations to prescribe detailed procedural arrangements for making water service strategy plans, including arrangements for public consultation and notification during the course of their preparation. Deletion of the word "public" in line 15 is a precautionary measure for the avoidance of any doubt that the Minister's powers to make regulations apply to all consultations, that is, both with the public generally and with specified bodies.