Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 54:

In page 8, lines 15 to 26, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 15 down to and including line 26.

This amendment would delete the proposed section 14D, which allows the Minister to direct the forestry appeals committee as to how to prioritise different appeals or classes of appeals over others. I cannot see how the claim can be made that the appeals committee is meant to be independent in its functions, in how it organises its own work and in dealing with the appeals if the Minister of State is giving herself the option to tell the committee which appeals are important and which are not.