I move amendment No. 27: In page 34, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “ “Maritime Spatial Planning Directive” means Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning;”.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 34, to delete line 25 and substitute the following: “ “Aire” means An tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta;”.

I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 30: In paragraph (b), after “Act” to insert the following: “where the prescription of either publication in paragraph (a) or (b) above, prioritises the effective accessibility of the publication given factors including its circulation figures in the functional area of the authority concerned, the overall costs associated with purchasing or accessing it, and the quality of its archive and costs associated with accessing archive editions of the publication”.

I move amendment No. 31: In page 36, line 36, to delete “ “Planning Commissioners” ” and substitute “ “Coimisinéirí Pleanála” ”.

I move amendment No. 32: In page 37, line 1, to delete “ “Planning Regulator” ” and substitute “ “Rialálaí Pleanála” ”.

I move amendment No. 33: In page 37, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “Pollution Caused By Dangerous Substances Discharged Into The Aquatic Environment Directive” means Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community;”.

I move amendment No. 47: In page 42, line 6, to delete “or expedient”. I will run through these very speedily. Amendments Nos. 47 and 48 obviously deal with the issue of regulations and the conditions under which the Minister can issue them. The Minister may remember we had some debate around the use of the phrase "necessary or expedient". We argued in committee that "necessary" is enough and "expedient" makes no sense. Amendment No. 47 seeks to remove "expedient", as we tried to do previously. Amendment No. 48 mak…

I move amendment No. 48: In page 42, line 6, to delete “or expedient for the purposes of the regluations” and substitute “for the purposes of the regulations and shall exercise a conservative approach to determining such matters are required to be addressed in the regulations”.

I move amendment No. 50: In page 42, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(4) The Minister shall facilitate effective public participation at an appropriate stage, and while options are still open, during the preparation of regulations which may have a significant effect on the environment, and shall take the following steps: (a) set time-frames sufficient for effective participation; (b) publish or otherwise make publicly available the draft regulation; (c) provide the public the opportunity to commen…

I move amendment No. 53: In page 42, to delete lines 14 to 20 and substitute the following: “(5) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere provided in this Act, including under subsection (1) of section 285 , where regulations or an order are proposed to be made by a Minister under— (a) Part 3 Plans, Policies and related Matters, (b) Part 4 Development Consents, (c) Part 6 Environmental Assessment, (d) Part 7 Housing Strategy and Supply, (e) Part 8 Miscellaneous powers of Planning Authorities, (f) Part 9 Judicial Review a…

I move amendment No. 54: In page 42, to delete lines 21 to 29.

I move amendment No. 58: In page 44, line 21, after "planning," to insert "and the use of Irish within the community, in the case of a development in a Gaeltacht area,". I will speak specifically to amendments Nos. 60, 61 and 65 to 67, inclusive and my colleague Deputy Ó Snodaigh will speak to other amendments. This is to try to save as much time as possible and to move through the amendments. Amendments Nos. 60, 61 and 65 relate in some shape or form to the interaction of exempted developments, unauthorised develo…

The Ceann Comhairle frightened him off.

I move amendment No. 60: In page 45, to delete line 6 and substitute the following: “required, or where the activity may have a significant impact on the environment. (4)(a) The Minister shall prescribe via regulation the screening criteria requirements to determine if an activity may still have a significant impact on the environment where screening determinations have determined that Environmental Impact Assessment or Appropriate Assessment requirements or both are not required. (b) Development shall not be exemp…

I move amendment No. 61: In page 45, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(iii) the surrounding context of the structure.”.

I move amendment No. 63: In page 45, line 29, to delete “and”.

I move amendment No. 64: In page 45, to delete line 33 and substitute “permitted, and”.

I move amendment No. 65: In page 45, between lines 33 and 34, 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 move amendment No. 66: In page 45, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(7) Where the Minister proposes to make regulations under this section and considers that the proposed regulations are connected with or likely to relate to matters of interest to prescribed bodies, the Minister shall provide them with an effective opportunity to participate and comment on the proposed regulations, and the Minister shall take due account of the consultation input provided.”.

I move amendment No. 67: In page 45, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(7) Where the Minister proposes to make regulations the Minister shall provide the public with an effective opportunity to participate and comment on the proposed regulations, and the Minister shall take due account of the consultation input provided.”.