Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will withdraw the amendment in light of what the Minister of State said and but I may reintroduce it on Report Stage in a different format if I still feel there is a gap in understanding. The key is to ensure that monuments are protected and that at least the circumstances of discovery and so on are as protected as well, to aid archaeologists so that it is not a burden on somebody to explain as quickly as possible what occurred, as much as they know. The intention is not for it to be a huge crime statement; it is just an explanation of how the person found it, etc. In some cases, a prescribed monument may need to be protected in a certain way but if the site has been excavated by a digger without knowing a monument was there, it might be exposed and needs to be protected quickly and re-covered until the proper care of archaeologists can be given.