Seanad debates

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.

 

4:00 am

Photo of Conor LenihanConor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

There was some debate on Committee Stage and Report Stage in the Dáil as to which bodies would be specified for the various consultation processes required by the Bill, such as the designation of petroleum activities, the establishment of the safety framework and the safety case guidelines. These amendments have two purposes. First, they clarify further which bodies should be consulted when the commission is designating petroleum activities, developing the safety framework and developing the safety case guidelines. Second, they will ensure it will always be possible to consult the appropriate bodies. I propose to provide with these amendments that the Minister may, by order, add an additional body he considers appropriate to the specified bodies to be formally consulted.

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