Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 50, to delete lines 14 to 19: “(a) the MARA,

(b) a member of staff of the MARA (including a person referred to in section 64(5)),

(c) an authorised officer,

(d) a member of the Garda Síochána,

(e) an authorized officer of the National Parks and Wildlife in performing its functions including relation to the conservation of seagrass or seagrass meadows or in respect of habitats or species or habitats for species protected under any national enactment or any obligation consequent on the State’s membership of the European Union, or any International Treaty to which the State is party to,

(f) any officer authorised under any enactment of the State where the officer is pursuing the conservation or protection of the environment or any element thereof,

(g) the coastguard,

(h) the defence forces, or

(i) a member of a public body in the performance of that body’s public functions, including public functions on the continental shelf referred to in section 3 of this Act (as amended by the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022), or a person or body authorized to act on their behalf.”.