James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:

""the Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency as established by the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992;".

These amendments would bring greater clarity to the Bill and improve it for the purpose of interpretation. The Minister gave a negative response to these amendments on Committee Stage but perhaps now that he has had time to read them in greater detail he has changed his mind about them. I would appreciate if he could take them on board because they would improve the drafting of the Bill.