Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (1)(d), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

“(i) organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative of persons concerned with representing social and ethnic diversity of Irish society and equality considerations,”,”.

Amendment No. 21 broadens the membership to organisations that are representative of persons concerned with representing social and ethnic diversity in Irish society and equality considerations. Amendment No. 22 ensures a broader range of skills among interim or permanent members of An Bord Pleanála are identified, including that persons are concerned with the protection and preservation of the built and natural environment and of amenities, with landscape and archaeology and with water and marine resources. I look forward to the Minister of State's response on these key issues.