Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-14
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Pa Daly (SF), Kerry

I move amendment No. 3:
In page 13, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:
"(4) The Minister shall cause a copy of any order made under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and the order shall lapse 6 months after the date it is made unless earlier revoked or expressly continued by a resolution of both Houses.".
Mar gheall ar leasú a 3, this proposes to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act in order to guarantee Oireachtas oversight. It will require that any order made for a licence in emergency circumstances be laid before both the Dáil and Seanad and will include a clause for review every six months. The intention behind is to facilitate scrutiny by public representatives and to intervene if circumstances have changed from when the emergency licence was initially granted, that is, if it is no longer necessary.
Amendment No. 15 will amend the Waste Management Act in the same way.

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