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

I move amendment No. 184:

In page 77, line 31, after “be” to insert “, and following consultation with the Joint Oireachtas Committee with responsibility for heritage”.

The transfer of a national monument by the Minister to a person should only take place following consultation with the relevant Oireachtas joint committee, as well as with the local community, and should not be at the whim of the Minister of the day alone. We have real concerns about this.