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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: My next question is for the OPW. It is possible to ask the Minister to take a monument into guardianship if it is on one's private land. Does that mean it goes to the OPW? What is the extent of the OPW's responsibility? Is it purely about maintenance and not about publicising or managing access or the public-interest aspect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Ms Collier indicated that there are probably a thousand monuments in the OPW's care. Is it currently provided for that individuals can ask the Minister to take a monument into guardianship?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Roughly how many of the thousand fall into this category?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Throwing open the gates, as Mr. Moore mentioned, and inviting the public to monuments can have an impact on them. The proposed Bill refers to education and publicity. There is a fine line between generating civic pride in, and an understanding of, a monument and turning it into a big tourist attraction, because the latter can be detrimental. This is a matter I would like to return to in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Are those for the Heritage Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I am going to move on to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: We are up to eight and a half minutes there. I ask that the Deputy be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: The OPW may briefly respond. We can come back to this on the second round if the Deputy wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Ms Collier should go ahead then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Collier. Deputy O'Donoghue is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Is it for the IPI regarding protected structures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I think the rules around CPOs are that they should be used if there is no alternative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will go next to Senator Boyhan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Does anybody wish to respond to those comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: A briefing note on INSTAR would be very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: In the final two slots we have Deputies Flaherty and Duffy. We will then be into a free round if members wish to raise hands to put further questions. It is also helpful to the committee if witnesses, towards the end, outline their main recommendations to us. We are looking at the heads of the Bill and we will make recommendations to the Minister on how we can improve, change or modify them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the witnesses. We are talking about the all-island rail strategy, which was directed towards interconnectivity between cities. It did not concentrate so much on suburban rail services. I contend that if we want people to take intercity journeys, they will often start with another public transport mode, such as suburban transport modes. I might get the DART from Bray to Connolly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: On that line of thinking, we need railways to develop and to have long-term strategies because we need to move to public transport. We know the benefits that decarbonisation brings and about regional interconnectivity. It is important for any rail company to know there is a pipeline of funding and a vision at a strategic level in government. We have never seen as much investment in public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I completely agree with Mr. Meade. Governments should plan beyond that four or five-year cycle of Government and look at ten-, 15- or 20-year plans, which is required for large-scale investment such as public transport projects. Decarbonisation is an important aspect in the rail strategy. Electrification of lines is the best, most efficient way we can do that. When we look at the cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: That is probably a question we would put to the Department or the Minister who would be responsible for that.