Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

7:00 pm

Photo of Tony KilleenTony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has informed me that the import of the words "from time to time" reflects current practice to make the information available quickly on its receipt. One thing we must remember about these applications, particularly with regard to larger projects and sometimes to smaller ones, is that important pieces of information are received from time to time and are made available to the public as close to immediately as possible. That has been the practice heretofore. I would be very concerned if we were to indicate to the authority that in future it would be acceptable to put them up only twice a year. The current practice is more desirable from a transparency point of view and is certainly more desirable from a public information point of view.

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