Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have said what needs to be said from our perspective. I understand the objective. It may be unhelpful to use a specific site as an example. In Moore Street, there have been many changes since the Rising, many of which people would not have welcomed. What can be retained now that was relevant in 1916, or prior to that with the original buildings, which are of architectural merit as well? There are many mechanisms for a State in relation to historic sites of significance like the designation of national monuments. I have explained, and Deputy McAuliffe has said it as well, the question of how would we define the context and how far the context goes. Is that in this instance a battlefield plan? Can that be contested in itself? Did anything happen on other laneways? There are all these different things. It could lead to a constraint on securing protected structures and on what they could be used for now. I do not want to labour the point but I will not be accepting the amendment.