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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: Dr. Johnson has indicated. I will then bring in Dr. Clinton who wishes to comment on this also.

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: Does Dr. Clinton wish to come back in on the advisory council duplication comment?

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 think everybody has respect for everybody else’s views here, and this is really assisting us to get this legislation right and to ensure we make proper recommendations. It was mentioned that Northern Ireland is a good example of where an advisory council works. Is Dr. Clinton suggesting the advisory council would be brought in only for potentially exceptional sites, whereby at some...

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: The advisory council will be for exceptional cases.

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: That clarifies a recommendation-----

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 clarify, in respect of An Taisce's recommendation to “re-activate the Monuments Advisory Council, to integrate checks and balances into the proposed legislation”, that recommendation applies only to exceptional sites.

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: May I alter that recommendation to reflect Dr. Clinton's response?

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 almost out of time but I have some questions about the heads of the Bill. They relate to something Deputy Ó Snodaigh asked earlier. Many monuments have no signage and we do not know where they are. In a way, that offers them some protection until something goes wrong. We do not attract heavy footfall to them, we do not need landscape management plans and there is no great...

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: Will Parts 8 and 9 provide for that or do we need to be stronger on it? Dr. Greene or any of the other guests can revert to me on that if they wish.

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 now hear from Dr. Johnson, followed by Mr. Swan and then Dr. Greene.

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 sorry, Dr. Johnson's microphone seems to have muted.

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: Yes.

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: That leads on to another question. I thought we would wind up. I notice that where a monument is on private land, the landowner has an option to ask the Minister to take it into guardianship or ownership. Does that convey any rights to people to come and visit where the Minister then has responsibility for the monument? Does that change the position as regards access?

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: No. It is still private property.

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 our guests for this interesting and helpful engagement. We will have a meeting with the OPW and the Irish Planning Institute next week or the week after that to discuss planning matters. We have sought the views of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine as well because many of these monuments will be on farmland. Farmers are probably the biggest cohort of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Site Acquisition (1 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the lack of flexibility in the allocation system for school buses; if a review of the qualifying criteria for places is proposed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of a nationwide e-planning system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4409/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thought I had an eight-minute slot. Do I have two minutes?

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Much has been said. What is important to point out is that it is a massive €2.1 billion project, but what it delivers will be massive in terms of opportunity throughout the country. We have often had an urban-rural divide in much of our infrastructure. What we are doing here is bringing equity to communications and fantastic opportunities to every rural home, business and school....