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

To give clarity in relation to amendment No. 191, the same legal protection would apply. They would both be registered monuments. I assure the Deputy that the same protection will apply. I accept the Deputy's point in relation to amendment No. 229 and the potential in that regard. A licence is required for that, however, so the safeguard is in place in terms of the destruction of an archaeological object.