Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I concur with the Minister of State's praise for his team, who have laboured for many years. Perhaps our archaeological and built heritage was not as appreciated as it is now, and hopefully more into the future. We will have further meetings on this and we will invite other expert witnesses with an interest and experience in archaeological and heritage matters. We will also be examining the planning aspect. We will proceed with our pre-legislative scrutiny of this measure without delay and we will issue the report to the Minister of State as soon as possible so this important legislation can proceed through the Oireachtas. I thank the Minister of State and his team.