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

-----the "church temporalities commission". The definition is in the Bill twice. There is a definition in, I think, section 3. There are also definitions under Chapter 13. There is no need for the definition to be there twice. I am not opposed to it but it is odd that the definition is included at the start of the Bill for something that is not referenced at all until Chapter 13, which contains a definition of the "report of the church temporalities commission". There might be some technical reason for that.

The Minister of State answered the query we had about discovered burial grounds and so on. Part of the intention of that amendment is to ensure that not only some burial grounds got those protections.

In respect of the other amendments, I am still inclined to make the definitions as great and explicit as possible so there is no cover to allow somebody to say a particular archaeological find, site or object does not fall within the protections this Bill is granting.

That is the intention and it is not to undermine the Bill and I acknowledge the Minister of State has moved on some of the issues from the early prelegislative scrutiny. He did not take on all of the amendments because my amendment No. 11, is based on recommendation 9 of the original prelegislative scrutiny recommendations.

I will probably voice vote the other amendments rather than putting them to a full vote when we reach them way into the future in this debate. I believe we need greater definitions.

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