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

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 22, to delete lines 33 and 34 and substitute the following: “ “history” includes, but is not limited to, ancient, archaeological, architectural, art, biographical, culinary, cultural, diplomatic, economic, educational, environmental, intellectual, military, natural, philosophical, political, religious, revolutionary, scientific, social, sport, technical, technological and women’s history;”.

These amendments are, again, pretty straightforward. The concern that we have here is that the definition of history is currently limited to nine categories. We are working under the assumption that the Minister of State will support amendment No. 23, and what it attempts to do, along with amendments Nos. 24 and 25 which are safety amendments, is to expand that definition to include a broader range of histories. It is not unlike the argument that the Minister of State would have made himself on the definition of archaeological heritage, to try to make it as broad as possible. That is the logic of these definitions, with respect to the legislative definition of history.