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

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 47: In page 29, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(a) that the people have a right to appreciate, view and learn from their heritage, that existing rights of way to access, appreciate or view heritage should be vindicated and that, where possible, rights of way should be established in the case of monuments where they have not yet been...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: On amendment No. 192, the State not only can override the rights of private property interests but does it all the time. The Constitution makes explicit provision for it on the grounds of natural justice and the common good. We also have a whole raft of legislation which, in very specific circumstances and for very appropriate reasons, ensures the State can intervene and significantly...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask the Minister of State to go back and reconsider this aspect. I will give a concrete example. I live in the centre of Clondalkin village. We have an eighth-century round tower almost directly opposite the house I live in. I am blessed to have such a beautiful monument in front of the house. It is owned by the OPW and that organisation also owns a small portion of the land. The...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 50: In page 29, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(3) The Minister, the Commissioners, the Board, the Council and each local authority, as relevant, shall be answerable for the performance of their functions under this Act to the Joint Oireachtas Committee with responsibility for heritage.”.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 51: In page 30, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(5) (a) In the case of historic, archaeological and cultural heritage produced in or which originated in Ireland, but which is beyond the territorial extent set out in subsection (1) as a result of theft, plunder, deception, colonial practices, other unethical methods or where there is doubt...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: They are not the same thing, with the greatest of respect. The provisions the Minister of State mentioned create an international legal framework whereby a government may do that if it considers it appropriate. What this amendment would do, in providing that "the Minister shall actively endeavour to secure repatriation of such heritage", is place an obligation. I am open to a suggested...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: When was the last time a Minister utilised those international instruments to try to secure the repatriation of Irish cultural heritage?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Has it ever happened?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sure the Minister of State's officials know.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: When did we sign up to and ratify these two treaties?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay, so it has not happened to date.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Has there ever been an attempt by the Minister of State or his predecessors to actively seek the repatriation of some of the cultural artifacts in question?

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay, but the Minister of State is not aware of whether anything has happened on that front yet, other than the legal process in front of us here-----

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

Eoin Ó Broin: -----to ratify those two instruments. Okay.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. I have to say that this is a shoddy, tardy and entirely unacceptable way of doing business. Only last week, I was commenting that it looked like we were going to get through a Dáil term without having the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister lobbing in detailed, technical and complicated amendments to existing legislation...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. It has to be said at the outset that clean water in our rivers, lakes and estuaries is essential for public health, successful industry, agriculture and, crucially, the restoration of our natural environment and the ending of significant biodiversity loss in recent years and its recovery. I commend the EPA on its latest water quality report....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the refurbishment spends and number of units in each case of Traveller accommodations, per local authority, from 2018 -2022, in tabular form. [31533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline all Traveller accommodation projects currently in the pipeline; the initial dates of these projects; and their current status, in tabular form. [31534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of bed spaces available and/or occupied in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges on 26 May 2022. [31396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (28 Jun 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges on 26 May 2022. [31397/23]