I move amendment No. 26: In page 46, line 10, to delete “permitted.” and substitute “permitted, and”.

I move amendment No. 27: In page 46, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) where an environmental impact assessment or appropriate assessment has not been required under any such enactment, but the activity may have a significant impact on the environment, public participation has been provided for prior to the authorisation or permitting of the activity.”. I withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 46, to delete lines 21 to 26.

I move amendment No. 29: In page 46, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Declaration on development, exempted development, etc. 10. (1) If any question arises as to what, in any particular case, is or is not development or is or is not exempted development within the meaning of this Act, any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, request in writing from the relevant planning authority a declaration on that question, and that person shall provide to the planning authority any information necess…

Have I skipped one?

That is great. I am happy to have a rest. That concludes my set of amendments within this grouping.

The more we hear, the more concerned I get. We have heard all about the issue of exempted development, whereby the Minister is now going to make these regulations, although we do not really know what will be in them or what categories will be exempted. When I say "exempted", we all want a lot of building to happen but that is skipping the planning process. Again, we might as well throw the Bill out the window, say there is no planning process and just let people go ahead and do whatever. That is what exempted devel…

I move amendment No. 32 In page 47, to delete lines 33 to 37, and substitute the following: “(e) an organisation, group or association— (i) whose primary purpose, or whose constitution includes objects, which relate to the promotion of environmental protection of relevance to the request concerned, and (ii) which shall additionally provide a simple written statement when requesting the declaration, review or referral, that it is credibly and reasonably pursuing those objectives, including in the context of a volunt…

I move amendment No. 34: In page 48, line 11, after “fee,” to insert “any person,”.

I move Amendment No. 35: In page 48, line 20 after “fee,” to insert “any person,”.

I move amendment No. 36: In page 49, line 11 after “requests,” to insert “make reasonable attempts to”.

I move amendment No. 37: In page 49, to delete lines 34 to 37 inclusive and substitute the following: “(8) (a) Any person (in this subsection referred to as the “appellant”) may, not later than 5 weeks from the date of the publication of the declaration under subsection (6) , and on payment to the Commission of such fee as may be approved under section 365 , appeal the declaration to the Commission.”.

I move amendment No. 38: In page 51, to delete lines 20 to 26, and substitute the following: “(c) Where the planning authority or the Commission makes a decision it shall, as soon as possible and not later than 3 working days thereafter, cause the relevant documents to— (i) be published on its internet website, and (ii) be made available for inspection free of charge and purchase by members of the public at a reasonable cost, during normal office hours at its offices during such period which it considers appropriat…

I move amendment No. 39: In page 53, line 28 after “ section 375 ,” to insert “any person,”.

I move amendment No. 40: In page 53, line 36, after “ section 375 ,” to insert “any person,”.

I move amendment No. 41: In page 54, line 3, after “ section 375 ,” to insert “any person,”.

I move amendment No. 45: In page 56, line 28, to delete “not”.

It is not agreed. I want to speak to the section.

Section 3 deals with the amendment of provisions of the principal Act relevant to employment contributions. Our group submitted a lengthy submission to the public consultation on a pay-related benefit scheme for jobseekers. Our submission related to the paper that was floated setting out the proposals that are now in the Bill. We highlighted that employer PRSI contributions in Ireland are well below the European average of more than 20%. We proposed that employer PRSI should be the first target for increases in ref…

I disagree.