Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

“In page 14, line 23, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.”

This amendment is to change the wording from "the Government may make an order" to "the Government shall make an order". This makes reference to whether or not the Government will make an order to a site if all criteria are met.

I will speak to amendment No. 6. Section 7 of the Bill currently states that the Government may establish an office of director of authorised intervention for specific period to allow for intervention at the site.

In amendment No. 12, we seek to delete the line in the Bill which states that an order for an examination of a burial site will only be made if it is "necessary for the purposes of safeguarding important objectives of general public interest". Amendment No. 24 seeks to remove unnecessary wording. That sufficiently covers the amendments. They are all generally linked as the Acting Chairperson rightly said.