Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Minister proceeded to state that there is no doubt that the scale of development in recent years, as a result of our economic success, has presented a greater challenge to the protection and preservation of our archaeological heritage. What the Minister is saying is that while the protection of our archaeological heritage was a primary concern of the State in the past, now that we are a well-off country with a great deal of development taking place, we need to put that into second place.

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