Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will speak briefly to the first group of the Minister of State's and then, depending on the replies, not unlike Deputy O'Callaghan, I might want to spend a little more time on individual amendments.

Amendment No. 399 is very straightforward. It is to ensure that public access to heritage be within the remit of the conservation strategy. That is the relevant section to which the amendment pertains.

Amendment No. 404 proposes to insert a reference to the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. I presume that omission is either just an error or a result of the fact that the Bill has been worked on prior to the passage of that Act through the Oireachtas. That is why I am proposing that that reference be inserted there.

Amendment No. 408 proposes to insert "battlesites" into the relevant section to ensure there is a specific protection for them.

Amendment No. 412 seeks to insert "the integrity of a site area, monument, structure, place, landscape or feature described within this subsection within its surrounding context". We have had considerable discussion about the context around historic monuments and locations. Moore Street was obviously one that was debated at quite some length when the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, was here, and this amendment relates to those.

Finally, amendment No. 413 seeks to insert "public access to a site, area, monument, structure, place, landscape", etc., in the relevant section. Again, this is just about ensuring that public access to heritage within the remit of the conservation strategy is provided for to ensure that public rights of way to access important heritage are guaranteed in legislation.