Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is not a full replacement for a landscape conservation area. Typically if a strategy were to include objectives for the conservation, protection, management and improvement of landscapes, part of the strategy would be an option to designate the area of a landscape conservation area. There may be areas where there are other objectives, and this full level of protection may not be used, but it is one of the range of options that could be used for the strategy. It could be the objective. The objectives alone do not cover it in the same way a landscape conservation area does. It is probably correct that it is seldom used but we are removing it as a potential tool for significant landscape.