Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Dr. Ruth Johnson:

That point was drawn to my attention by several of the local authority archaeology network members. We have not had time for a nuanced discussion about it and I am cautious about trying to paraphrase that discussion at this point. All I got was notes from them. Many of these historic burial grounds, especially in rural areas, are still in use for burial. It is about management of that and how burials can be accepted into historic settings and so on and so forth. However, I need to come back to the committee on that with more detail after I have met with the members.

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