Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 18A(4) of the Bill provides that a Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in conducting a review of the natural heritage area, must undertake a strategic environmental assessment, including public consultation, and carry out any other screening for assessment or, as the case may be, an assessment, such as an appropriate assessment in accordance with the Habitats Directive, if required. Subsection (4) has been carefully drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, as the Senator accepts. I do not propose to accept these amendments to it.