Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Legislative Process
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is hoped that the review by his Department of the amendments made in Seanad Éireann to the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 will be completed in order that he can bring a memorandum to Government seeking approval to have the Bill restored to the Order Paper of Dáil Éireann; the reason for the delay with this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39030/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 gives legal effect to the proposed reconfiguration of the raised bog Natural Heritage Area network arising from the 2014 review of the raised bog Natural Heritage Area network.
The Bill had completed all stages in the Dáil and the Seanad, and had been returned to the Dáil for consideration of the various amendments made by the Seanad when the Bill lapsed with the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil on 14 January 2020.
It is my intention to bring a Memorandum to Government to seek approval to have the Bill restored to the order paper, once a number of complexities have been resolved, and the amendments made in the Seanad have been re-examined in consultation with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) from a legal and drafting perspective.
My Department is engaging with the OPC on this process with a view of completion in the coming months.
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