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- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: It is no reason not to improve the Bill.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Then there is nothing to stop the Minister accepting the amendment.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: How could it not be in the interests of the public?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: We must challenge nonsense when we hear it.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Was the Minister suggesting safety is not an important aspect?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: The Minister's response is ambiguous and rather confused. On the one hand, she said we cannot introduce these amendments because this is an all-Ireland body and, on other hand, she said what they seek to do is already provided for. Did she consult the Northern Ireland authorities regarding this Bill generally? Was there any consultation, was there no consultation and, if not, why was there...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Okay. I will resubmit that amendment in that case. With regard to safety, I said this was a nonsense because the Minister seemed to dismiss the area of safety as being insignificant. The safety of the public should be a crucial and critical element of legislation. I will leave it at that.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: They can cycle on grass.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I seek guidance from the Acting Chairman. The amendments groupings list says 1b to alh, inclusive.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: That is a 1, rather than an l?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: We have been discussing amendments Nos. 1b to 1h, inclusive.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I did not hear the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Where is amendment No. a1h?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I find the whole thing extraordinarily confusing.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: There you go.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I would just like to say that it would be very helpful if the Minister arranged to merge all the amendments and for them to be rationally numbered in advance of our next meeting so that it would be easier for Members to follow.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I am sure the Bills Office is eagerly listening to the debate. Perhaps it could be communicated to the Bills Office that this would be very helpful.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: I will be pushing amendment 1g because it is obvious that part of maintaining navigation is the proper management of the waterways. If that actually involves closing them down for a period, that is encompassed in it. With regard to amendment 1c, I am prepared to withdraw "without impeding navigation" and insert "without unnecessarily impeding navigation", but to maintain navigation is...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: Could the Minister give us the page number?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)
David Norris: If I can reply to the Minister on that, she has already said that it is quite often the case that sections of the canal can be closed so that other events can take place and so on and so forth. The management and maintenance of the canals does not really fully cover maintaining navigations. They can be maintaining the canals but maintaining it so that sections can be cut off and navigation...