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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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: To follow up on that very briefly, under what legislation is a licence required to operate a metal detector?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Thank you. We can move on. Does Senator Cummins wish to take the slot?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I cannot see the board clearly from here. Senator Cummins can take it if he wishes 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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: We are on the monuments and archaeological heritage Bill.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is only fair that we stick to the Bill that we are discussing. It is a point for further discussion.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I am sure you probably will get an answer.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Let us bring this to a conclusion.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: There is considerable media interest in the review of the planning system and we might have a look at that under that process. This committee would be dealing with that.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I apologise to Dr. Johnson and Mr. Swan, as they had their hands up for both of those questions. I will try to bring them back in to answer at a later stage. I will move now to the Sinn Féin slot. I call Deputy Gould.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is a reserve function of local authorities. If that is under the Local Government Act 2001 then is it relevant to this Bill?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I do not know. I thought it was a reserve function of the local 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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Which legislation were they referring 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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I ask the Deputy to find out what that legislation is and we will see if there is an opportunity to do that through this Bill or through another course.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: We will try to find out what Act it is. If the Deputies can come back with that information we will see if there is a way we could look at, either through this Bill or another vehicle. It sounds frustrating. I will move on to the second Green Party slot, which I will take. The following are questions on the Bill I discussed with Deputy Duffy during the week. Dr. Johnson has covered the...

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Johnson. I would add that county architects should be added to that list of officers we have in local authorities at every opportunity. I would like to see a county architect in every local authority. Deputy Duffy discussed with me questions about UNESCO sites. Are UNESCO sites, their management and protection, covered in this Bill?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: A series of hill forts at Kilranelagh in Wicklow has been recommended to me as being potentially at the UNESCO level. I would like to talk to our guests about that at another stage. I think there is a planning application in train at the moment so I do not want to discuss it now.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I would like to discuss that with our guests in more detail another time but I will not go into detail on it today.

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Mr. Swan, I am sorry to interrupt but the audio is breaking down here in the room. Is it breaking down for those attending online too?

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 (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: We might come back to Mr. Swan later. We will move on to the next question on the advisory council. I think we have already covered it but if somebody wants to address it briefly.