Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 6, to delete lines 1 to 8 and substitute the following:

“(a) a screening determination is made to determine the requirement to carry out a strategic environmental assessment and an appropriate assessment, in relation to the development plan as extended by any period of extension proposed by the planning authority under section 9A or 11D,

(b) such determination is published and made available as part of the consultation notified on the proposed extension under subsection(4), and

(c) a strategic environmental assessment or an appropriate assessment or both such assessments, as necessary, has or have been carried out in respect of the development plan as extended, as is necessary and required.”.

This amendment seeks to ensure that the screening for the strategic environmental assessment and the appropriate assessment does not just look at the effect of the extended period as a default situation. That is impermissible in the context of the appropriate assessment, as highlighted by the High Court in the Shannon LNG case.