Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The whole point of section 9(2) is based on the landowner having been notified about the monument and then having a legal responsibility to pass that information on. If the landowner is not legally notified of the presence of the monument, he or she may not have the information and be unable to pass it on. Such landowners may or may not have seen notice in the post office, Garda station or newspaper. It affects the obligation to pass on that information if it cannot be established that you definitely saw the notice. To be frank, I cannot say when I last saw a notice in a post office, Garda station or library and I am engaged in matters in my local area. It is a long time since I have seen a notice in any of those places and I do visit the library and so forth. We have to reach a situation as quickly as possible in which these notices are issued specifically. If we do not do that, there will be a great difficulty here with regard to knowledge not being passed on.