Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage

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

The purpose of this amendment, which seeks to insert "historical, linguistic or cultural, including intangible culture", is to allow the Minister of State to prescribe things of historical, linguistic or cultural interest as relevant things to be prescribed as monuments, should it be so chosen. There is a concern regarding the meaning of "other interest", as is currently in the text. I know this was a matter that came up in some of the Minister of State's engagements with Senators during the passage of the Bill through the Seanad. Again, if this amendment is not the appropriate way to deal with this aspect, has the Minister of State given consideration to the exchange he had with the Senators in question?

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