Mr. Seán Kirwan:

On the inventories, to emphasise again, there is clear provision in the general scheme that there will be three inventories. There will be an inventory of archaeological sites, architectural heritage and historic wrecks, so we are incorporating the national inventory of architectural heritage in under this scheme. That is what is proposed.

For the archaeological inventory, we have an ongoing programme over many years of compiling data on archaeological sites. That is available through our historic environment viewer. What is happening is that there will be a clear statutory basis for that. That gives a clearer basis for deciding what goes into it, what should be deleted and if something is considered no longer appropriate to be included.

I would emphasise, though, that whether something is in the register is a separate issue from whether something is in the inventory. I have heard it said a decision-making process has to take place for something to go into the register and receive legal protection. To recap, it is intended there would be clear procedures for removing things from the register. On the point that was noted earlier about safeguards that need to be there, those are things that will need to be fleshed out as the drafting of the Bill progresses. That is what I would say on the issue of inventories.