Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 10, between lines 18 and 19 insert the following:“(6) The Chairperson of the Board shall if requested, 6 months from the establishment day and at least every 12 month period thereafter come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment to provide a report on the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme and other matters relating to the Board.”.

Amendments Nos. 2, 6 and 28 are in the names of Sinn Féin Senators. The amendments deal with oversights of the scheme and put responsibility on the chair of the board to respond to any requests, lodged by the committee, that comes before it.

Amendment No. 6 relates to the draft scheme. Yesterday the Minister stated in his speech that he would bring the draft scheme before the Houses of the Oireachtas when he receives it.

Amendment No. 28 puts responsibility on the chair of the board to respond to any requests by the committee to come before it. The amendments act as an oversight of the scheme and ensure that the relevant Oireachtas committee is involved.