Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 16, line 20, to delete "Minister" and substitute "Oireachtas".

The Minister of State has accommodated, by way of the amendments he accepted, an enhanced role for the Seanad and the Oireachtas as a whole in the debate on these issues. Will he also allow, as we propose in the amendments, for the Oireachtas to take advice from the advisory council? Why should the Minister be the only beneficiary of such advice? Let us all be involved in this important environmental role.