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

I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 111:

In subsection (3), after “under” to insert “, or the provisions of,”.

I listened to the Minister in terms of the amendment to the amendment. To be clear, the amendment the Minister is proposing as currently worded only ensures that this Planning and Development Act will not restrict or affect the functions of the Minister or the commissioners under the current heritage legislation. The intention of this legislation is to ensure that all provisions of the existing heritage legislation are also unaffected. I do not know whether the construct might be awkward, but the intention was not to cut across what the Minister is doing. It is to add to it rather than take away from it. It is to add to it to ensure that all the provisions in the existing legislation are also unaffected. Maybe the Minister can assure us that is in fact the case. I would be happy to withdraw the amendment, but if there is any diminution from the existing provisions then we need to make sure they are not affected in any way. Perhaps the Minister of State can answer that.

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