Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise; I forgot to speak to amendment No. 12.

This proposed amendment is pretty straightforward. It seeks to expand the existing definition of "archaeological heritage" to include the words "and surrounding contexts". We have a concern that the current definition could be interpreted as limiting archaeological heritage to settings and attendant grounds, the property or grounds connected to a specified building, rather than the wider context. The most obvious example of this might be Moore Street, where not just individual buildings are involved but also the laneways and the more general streetscape and urban landscape that form a crucial part of that context, especially in respect of preserving the lived history of that important site in the city. I hope this is an amendment that the Minister of State will accept now or rework on Report Stage.