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

Cian O'Callaghan: The Valletta Convention to which we signed up is very specific with regard to archaeological reserves. It is not a matter of having legislation where-----

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 19, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “ “Archaeological Reserves” has the same meaning as it has in Article 2(i) & (ii), and Article 4(i) of the Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage of Europe adopted at Valletta on 16 January 1992 and ratified by Dáil Éireann in 1997;”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 24, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “ “National Monuments Advisory Council” means the body established by subsections (1) to (3) of section 21 of the National Monuments Act 1930 and amended by subsections (1) and (2) of section 15 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1954;”.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: What is suggested in Deputy Ó Broin's amendments is better than the current wording, which is highly restrictive. Most people do not get their news from national print newspapers; they get it from news broadcasts or online. Print editions of most daily newspapers may not be with us in five or ten years, which will make much of this obsolete. That is a detail around what is the best...

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. It is positive that he is looking at my amendment to section 2 with a view to pursuing it on Report Stage, subject to advice. The amendment would legally oblige landowners to notify and inform any future owners of the property as to the presence and legal status of registered monuments. It is positive that he is looking at it. The Minister...

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 said he wanted to work towards giving specific notice for general protection and not just special protection. He said that was subject to resources. Will he expand on that? When will we have an idea of the timeline in that regard?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The whole point of section 9(2) is based on the landowner having been notified about the monument and then having a legal responsibility to pass that information on. If the landowner is not legally notified of the presence of the monument, he or she may not have the information and be unable to pass it on. Such landowners may or may not have seen notice in the post office, Garda station or...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 37 relates to what I was talking about earlier about the importance of delineating areas of historic and archaeological significance. Without lines on a map I do not see how this clause will be effective. It is important that boundaries are defined and delineated. If they are not defined and delineated, how can they be protected? Article 1 of the European Landscape...

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. Will the surrounding areas be mapped? Will there be a line around the surrounding area?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: They will be delineated.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: They will be mapped. That gives protection to the-----

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

Cian O'Callaghan: The surrounding area could include landscapes. Are we speaking about a monument and a few metres around it being the surrounding area?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Using the example of Rathcroghan in County Roscommon, protection could be provided for the full landscape under the Bill.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: That could be delineated on a map with lines drawn around it to show the areas that are protected.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the fact that this is not specified in the Bill and that it is somewhat ambiguous not a weakness in the legislation?

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

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 37: In page 27, to delete line 1 and substitute the following: "(e) a historic and/or archaeological landscape – a delineated area of historic and/or archaeological significance;".

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Before that, on the announcement the Minister of State made, can I ask about his non-consequential amendments about Phoenix Park? When will we get a written briefing on those? Will he let us know? The written briefing for the last round of non-consequential amendments was very late for us to deal with it.

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

Cian O'Callaghan: Just to be helpful. I thank the Minister of State. Before I address amendment No. 64, I think amendments Nos. 44 and 268 from Deputy Ó Broin are good. They are blunt but they are direct and would serve a useful purpose in the Bill. I cannot see how there is anything to be lost from having them, incidentally. I can see why there could be resistance to them if there is not full...

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 that commitment. Is he saying that in respect of 12(2)(e), the wording "the environment in which the relevant thing is situated" means that the environment will not be recognised as an archaeological reserve? Is it that the legislation is open to that?