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

The Bill allows for the strategy of conservation of natural and built heritage and allows for having architectural conservation areas.

The Bill allows for a strategy in respect of landscape but gets rid of landscape conservation areas. Saying it is seldom used does not stack up because every day we talk about parts of the legislation that are seldom used. Earlier, we spoke about part of the legislation that we think might have been used once but that has not been abolished. That does not diminish the value of a landscape conservation area. You would not expect them to be used as frequently as architectural conservation areas. If it makes sense to have architectural conservation areas and the high-level strategy, why not have a strategy in respect of landscape?