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

There are parts of the Valletta Convention that we do not fully address in the Bill and others we go well beyond. A part of our job is to allow for public access, which we can try to address in the next set of amendments. There are commitments to ensure everyone adheres fully to the convention. By virtue of us passing the Bill, they will have to do so. We need to have a discussion about public access. During the Bill’s pre-legislative scrutiny and its Second and Committee Stages, we debated the question of how to deal with compensation. One of the aspects of the Valletta Convention is that we need to give public access to their heritage as much as possible.

I will not delay this matter. We have had a good innings on it.

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