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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. 46: In page 29, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(a) that the historic, archaeological and cultural heritage of Ireland, as the product of the labour, craftsmanship and talent of their forebearers, belongs equally to all the people of the Irish nation and that this heritage must be protected for the people and as the inheritance to which...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister almost said that with a straight face.

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

Eoin Ó Broin: I will not labour the point but I wish to emphasise two points in relation to amendment Nos. 46 and 50. The intention of amendment No. 46 is not to be a fine statement, it is to enshrine a right-based approach in legislation. The Constitutional Convention, as it was probably called then back in 2011, deliberated to a great extent on the issue of enshrining social, economic and cultural...

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.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a school place in their locality or in their neighbouring towns and whose situation is complex due to medical reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32465/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has yet established the true extent of capacity issues in schools at secondary level in Lucan, County Dublin; if so, the outcome; what action has been taken to address capacity issues for the coming school year 2023/2024; and when planning will commence to ensure increased capacity in the area for the year 2024/2025. [32466/23]