Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This may be on the list but the issue I wish to raise has to do with protected structures. There is some talk of those regulations changing to repurpose the space over shops. Can we have a briefing on what the proposal might be?

How would it be implemented? Would it be by way of a statutory instrument, which would mean that the Minister could do whatever he wanted, or is there a process in which we would be involved? It would be worrying if they have a very loose approach to dealing with protected structures.