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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not think the Minister of State is offering anything additional there.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The issue is that the Heritage Council can look for that. What could happen, especially considering we do not know how many archaeologists or historians are employed by the Heritage Council so we do not know the level of expertise, is that even with the best will in the world, the Heritage Council could consult someone who may not be the leading expert in a particular field. That could...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: What we are talking about here, namely, conferring or removing special protection, is a significant part of the Bill. Not to have any role for the public is a deeply flawed approach. It is highly objectionable. Good practice would be to have it so the public could write in and their views would be considered by the Minister. I do not think that is onerous. I do not think the Minister is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The wording would just mean that the Minister would consider the representations in writing, not just of the owner but also of members of the public. In order to arrive at the decision that something is not soundly based, we need to give it consideration. It is entirely appropriate for a Minister, if he or she gets a submission that is not soundly based, to consider it and say it is just...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes, but if the Minister is removing special protection from a monument on privately owned land, there may be relevant views in the community that people should be able to submit.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It can but it does not have to.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the case of removing special protection, under this legislation, the public could write in, that might be considered by the Minister but there is nothing to say that the matter will be considered by the Minister. This is a deeply flawed approach.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will withdraw the amendment in that case.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 115: In page 44, line 33, after “owner” to insert “and by the public,”.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for the response. The Taoiseach indicated the law may need to be strengthened in this area and the Minister of State is saying he is open to reflecting on it, which is welcome, but yet again, workers who are due wages have not been paid. This could set a precedent other companies follow. It is completely wrong that people would turn up to do their work, with a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what engagement he has had with the management of a company (details supplied); if he will meet with workers and their representatives; if he will take steps to ensure the employment rights of the workers are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Iceland workers who are owed holiday pay in their wages have been staging sit-ins in Talbot Street and Coolock. They have been treated disgracefully by the owners. Workers should not have to stage sit-ins to get the wages they are due. Will the Minister meet the workers and their representatives? What has he done to ensure their rights are fully protected and their wages are paid? Has he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I express my full solidarity and support for the workers who are staging sit-ins in Coolock and Talbot Street, and indeed all the Iceland workers. The issue here is that low-paid workers are the backbone of companies like Iceland and they simply cannot afford not to have the wages owed to them paid in a timely manner. One worker is owed almost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to increase employment participation among people who are homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31913/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support amendments Nos. 266 and 267. Amendment No. 267 mentions the Valletta Convention, which is very important, but also our obligations under the Aarhus Convention and United Nations sustainable development goals. Amendment No. 266 seeks a report within 12 months on the conservation and protection of national monuments. I think all of us are agreed that what we are covering in this...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State might clarify something. He said the amendments go beyond the scope of the Bill. We have 25 pages of amendments that have come in from the Minister of State that go well beyond the original scope of Bill and have nothing to do with archaeology and heritage. I am glad to acknowledge his interest in that particular point, but what elements of these amendments does he...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 29 is to include in the list of bodies and definitions the national monuments advisory council. It is absolutely critical, and I made this point on Second Stage, that we have such a council as part of the safeguards and checks and balances on this legislation, especially when, never mind the language in the Bill, we are talking about provisions that will provide for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He said there will be more staffing resources for the Heritage Council so it can carry out its function properly. Will he clarify what staffing resource it has currently in terms of archaeological staff and historians? What does he think that will be increased to? It is welcome to hear the number will be increased but will it be increased by...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: My concern is the bigger picture on this. Since 1840, according to a Heritage Council survey in 2001, 34% of archaeological monuments have been destroyed, and that has continued since 2001. That is a complete failure of the legislation we have had to date and the resources that have been put in behind it. Once a monument is destroyed, it is destroyed forever; that is it. It is gone. It...