Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

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

I agree with the amendments.

I would go further. The protected structures lists should be much more accessible. All of the county ones should be interlinked. There should be a website and a photograph. In many cases, we are looking for public vigilance to ensure that these protected structures are protected. If we asked the vast majority of citizens where to look for the list of protected structures, they would not have a clue. In addition, the format they are currently in is just a continuous list and that is not ideal, whereas a photograph, in particular if there is a specific part of a building that is listed, would be more useful. It would allow that extra vigilance that we cannot bring if we are totally dependent on voluntary groups, the city council or the owners to do it. It might be something that would help as well as being a separate list, as Deputy Matthews suggests, to the current development plan. Have it in the development plan but they should be extracted out on perhaps a national website on which they are all connected from whichever county. That might be a useful exercise.

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