Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 97, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:

“PART 5

COSTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MAC CASES UNDER PART 4AND IN RESPECT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER PART 2AND PART 5

CHAPTER 1

Consultation and report on Judicial Review under Part 2, 4 and 5

110.Within 6 months of the commencement of Part 2 and/or Part 4, and/or Part 5,the Minister shall— (a) conduct a public consultation on the effect of this Act on the rights of the public to pursue Judicial Review under those parts, including but not limited to rights under Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention and the characteristics specified in Article 9(4) of the Convention, and the Articles 11 and 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Constitution,

(b) within 2 months of the conclusion of the consultation referred to in paragraph (a)the Minister shall prepare a report on the operation of this Act on the rights of 2 the public to pursue Judicial Review under those Part 2, 4 or 5 where any such parts have been commenced, and lay it before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and make available on a website of the Government the responses to the public consultation in paragraph (a) above, and

(c) table a debate on the report within each house of the Oireachtas within 2 months of the laying of the report before each such House of the Oireachtas.”.