25. (1) This section shall not apply to a DMAP to which Chapter 4 applies.

(2) Where the competent authority (D) proposes to make a DMAP after section 24 has been complied with, a draft of the DMAP, together with the Environmental Statement and Appropriate Assessment Determination in respect thereof, shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and the competent authority (D) shall not make the DMAP until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.

(3) The competent authority (D) shall, in the making of a DMAP, have regard to any resolution, report or recommendation of any committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas or either such House in so far as such resolution, report or recommendation, as the case may be, relates to a draft laid before each such House in accordance with subsection (2).

(4) A copy of a DMAP made by the competent authority (D) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as is practicable after the DMAP has been made.