Will all of them come up like that? That is quite confusing when they are being called out. I welcome the Minister of State back to the House and I welcome the fact that he introduced a number of amendments in the Dáil based on the constructive engagement he had with my colleague, Senator Higgins, on this Bill. I am disappointed, though, that he opted to table a large number of amendments outside of the subject matter of this Bill in the Dáil without proper scrutiny in the Seanad. It is a practice which has become …

Is amendment No. 2 missing from the list? It came in the group that had No. 1 in it. Is it listed as its own amendment?

Was that communicated to us?

Because it is usually read-----

It is usually read out and we usually receive an email.

Yes, please.

I know that. It is just that it is usually communicated by email.

Yes. This amendment relates to the transparency around consultations which may happen under section 22(8). While it is welcome that the council is empowered to consult with public authorities regarding register actions, the phrase "or other persons" is quite broad and there should be a record kept where such consultations are undertaken, especially when they are not with public authorities. The amendment is minor but would strengthen transparency and accountability within the process. On amendment No. 4, throughout…

Actually, it was submitted in error, so I will withdraw it.

Yes, I will speak directly to my amendments. Amendment No. 15 seeks to amend the Government amendment to section 151 on the granting or refusal of a licence by stipulating the new subsection (7). We propose that ", in particular non-compliance which led to the destruction or significant alteration of an archaeological object, national monument or protected monument," would be grounds for refusal of a subsequent application for a licence. This is to ensure that individuals who endanger our archaeological heritage ar…

Yes. Amendment No. 17 seeks to amend the proposed new section 167 on guidelines for local authorities. I welcome this new section following the engagement the Minister of State had on previous Stages with Senator Higgins. One issue is that in subsection (1) there seems to be a blanket provision that in drawing up guidelines on historic heritage for local authorities, the Minister can consult with whomever he or she likes. This could mean developers or business lobbyists, for example, whose primary concern is not th…

Amendment No. 19 refers to the new Dáil amendment No. 173 concerning a review of the operation of the Act, which is an extremely welcome amendment. My amendment would insert a new subsection requiring that not less than six months following the laying of the report before each House of the Oireachtas, the Minister shall make himself or herself available to the relevant joint Oireachtas committee for the purpose of discussing the report. I envisage that the current Minister would, of course, be happy to do that but …

The Minister of State will recall that when Deputy Cian O'Callaghan pointed out at the select committee before the summer recess that there were issues and concerns with the original formulation of the Bill and how it referenced the Environmental (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011, the Minister of State brought forward amendments in a welcome effort to respond to that, which acknowledged that there was an issue with the original formulation of the Bill. However, despite the welcome correction and inclusion of the …

Amendment No. 23 proposes to delete clause 1 of paragraph d(i) as inserted by Government amendment No. 181. The rationale for the removal of this provision is that it removes the application of Chapter 2 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to a lease made on or after 1 October 2017, under section 2 of the 1993 Act authorising the lessee to, for the purposes of the development of one or more of the Acts referred to in that section. Could this disapplication of a lease refer to petroleum exploration? If this is …

Amendment No. 26 seeks to delete the new section 247 of the Bill, which inserts a new section 182AA in the Planning and Development Act 2000. It would provide that section 182A, which governs applications for consent relating to electricity transmission lines, would not apply to developments comprising electricity transmissions, or for the purposes of electricity transmissions, where such development is the subject of an application for permission made to the board under section 291. What was the rationale for this…

I will leave it there.

Amendments Nos. 35 and 36 relate to the proposed amendment to section 19A of the Local Government Act 2001. I have a query on this. It states that where a local authority member has a temporary absence, he or she shall not perform any functions as a member unless and until he or she returns to office. What is the rationale for this amendment? I am thinking of situations where members may go on maternity leave but may begin, just before they officially return to work, on constituency cases or clinics, or where there…

Yes. It was only amendments Nos. 35 and 36. Is that correct?

I might-----

Is the person who proposes the Report Stage amendment not allowed to come back in?