Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 177:

In page 73, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:

“Board oversight to protect monuments at risk of destruction

43. (1) A registered monument or a prescribed monument, or any part of a monument or its surrounding context or landscape, shall not be destroyed by a person except in accordance with subsection (2). (2) Subject to subsections (3)and (6), where the Board is of the opinion that a monument is not, or has ceased to be, of sufficient archaeological, historic, cultural or scientific interest to justify its continued protection, the Board may consent to the destruction of the monument in such manner as may be specified in the consent.

(3) (a) Subsection (2)shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any authorisation of any other person that is necessary to make lawful the destruction of the monument concerned.

(b) In paragraph (a), “authorisation of any other person” includes the giving or granting of a licence, consent, approval, permission or direction, whether under an enactment or otherwise.

(4) The Board shall not consent to its destruction other than—

(a) with the consent of the Minister, and

(b) with the approval of An Chomhairle Oidhreachtaand following consultation with An Taisce, and (c) either—

(i) in conformity with any conditions to which such order is subject, or (ii) with the leave of the court which made the order.”.

I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to table it again on Report Stage.