Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 114:
In page 55, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
"Amendment of section 8 of Minerals Development Act 1940
38. Section 8A(4) of the Minerals Development Act 1940 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):
"(aa) where there is the free, prior and informed consent of the local community in full compliance with the Akwé: Kon Guidelines under the Convention on Biological Diversity,".".

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