Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 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

Mr. Kenneth Moore:

Approximately 600 are in State ownership. Guardianship, as Ms Collier has said, always comes with a provision whereby the commissioners have access for maintenance and conservation. As the Chairman will appreciate, many of the monuments are in the middle of landholdings, and landowners are a little concerned about throwing the gates open to the public because this generally brings its own problems. That is the current position. It is primarily about conservation.

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