Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(3) Section 9 shall not be commenced until the Minister has laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas:

(a) a report on areas where there are sensitivities where unlicensed planting would not be permitted, including on—

(i) area sensitive for biodiversity,

(ii) areas sensitive for landscape reasons,

(iii) areas sensitive for archaeological reasons, and

(iv) areas sensitive for such other additional reasons which the Minister considers would make such unlicensed planting inappropriate,

(b) the completion of assessments required under both Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, and Article 6(3) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora,

(c) a report on the conduct of a public consultation on the draft regulations made under section 22A, inserted by section 9,

(d) a report on the system established to provide visibility and tracking of the exempted areas to be planted and to ensure compliance with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, the Aarhus Convention in respect of information provision, public participation and access to justice obligations and rights.”.