Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Senator Bannon is right. We discussed this on Committee Stage in conjunction with a Government amendment to give greater flexibility to An Bord Pleanála in dealing with appeals regarding trade effluent licensing under section 63. The revised provision in subsection (2), as amended on Committee Stage, now enables the board either to allow or refuse an appeal altogether or, alternatively, separately to direct a water services authority as to the granting of a licence or the variation of a licence by amendment, deletion or addition of specified conditions. That Government amendment accepted on Committee Stage essentially covers the point raised by Senator Bannon in his amendment. If he reads section 66 as amended on Committee Stage he will see clearly that the intention of his amendment is now covered in the Bill.