Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 35, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(viii) any additional information specified in Annex IV of Directive No. 2011/92/EU relevant to the specific characteristics of the abstraction (a particular project or type of project) and to the environmental features likely to be affected,”.

This comes on the back of concerns raised by An Taisce, which noted that the definitions of the terms in section 14 contain omissions. For example, section 5(3) of the amended annex IV to the EIA directive does not seem to be included. This is the section that refers to the accumulation of effects with other existing and-or approved projects, taking into account existing environmental problems relating to areas of particular environmental importance likely to be affected or the use of natural resources. Why is there no explicit reference in section 23 to the need to include all of the relevant information outlined in annex IV of the EIA directive? Why has there been a picking and choosing of which parts of annex IV get listed in section 23 instead of including all of the relevant information?