Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I share Deputy Ó Broin's interest in 20th century architecture. I think of buildings in recent discussions such as some of Frank Murphy's work in Cork as well. I will allow others to come in specifically on that.

As I see it there is an overlap as many of these structures come under the local authority records of protected structures. The national inventory of architectural heritage was updated with another 1,400 structures for recommendation to elected members of Dublin City Council, including street furniture and other features such as the "Why go bald" sign. The Deputy is absolutely correct that it was funded. All of these structures are of huge social and cultural interest as well as architectural interest. I am not sure whether putting them under the aegis of the Bill would afford them additional protection. Perhaps they would fall under the ownership of the Minister directly. At least under the record of protected structures there is local control with local elected members and local councils. I am not sure whether anyone else wants to comment on this. The architectural policy of the Department will be published shortly. This policy statement will be most welcome. It will feature a significant amount of the 20th century architecture that Deputy Ó Broin cares about so much.