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Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 12: In page 40, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(b) consult with the public-participation network in the local authority concerned to seek its views (if any) on the action,”.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 51, to delete lines 25 to 39, and in page 52, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The amendment seeks the deletion of section 27(2). This subsection would exempt, from the protective provisions of the chapter, the authorisation of a proposal to carry out relevant works. Will the Minister of State clarify how the subsection will operate? A great deal of caution is necessary in respect of how our historic and archaeological heritage has been treated in the past and the...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We will deal with this in more detail in the following sections. As I see it, section 27(1) is the protective piece. I understand the concerns regarding some of the deletions. However, section 27(2)(b) was the particular concern I was addressing. Perhaps my amendment is too broad, although I note it does not actually remove all of section 27(2). I misspoke when I said the amendment would...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will press the amendment, even though I know it will not succeed. I appreciate that a more nuanced approach could be taken.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 15: In page 57, to delete lines 6 to 8.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 15 seeks to delete section 29(3)(b), which provides that the Minister may include in his or her prescription of a class of relevant works, works which comprise "an established recurrent activity before the monuments concerned became monuments to which general protection applies." This is a regressive and wide provision which gives carte blanche power to a Minister to classify a...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister of State makes the case that there may be certain situations where an activity was happening but the point is that there should not be caveats. This is not being weighed up. It is not necessarily that every time there is a recurrent activity, it should automatically be prohibited. This is not what I am arguing. I am arguing that relevant works should meet the standard in the...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In light of the Minister of State's indication, I will not call a vote on amendment No. 16.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 57, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(b)(ii), the Minister may not prescribe an established recurrent activity as a class of relevant works if such activity is likely to lead to the destruction or damage to the physical integrity of a monument to which general protection applies, regardless of when such...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 57, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(b)(ii), the Minister may not prescribe an established recurrent activity as a class of relevant works if such activity is likely to lead to the destruction or damage to the physical or cultural integrity of a monument to which general protection applies,...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 57, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), the Minister may not prescribe an established recurrent activity as a class of relevant works if such activity is likely to lead to the destruction or damage to the physical integrity of a monument to which general protection applies, regardless of when...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 57, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), the Minister may not prescribe an established recurrent activity as a class of relevant works if such activity is likely to lead to the destruction or damage to the physical or cultural integrity of a monument to which general protection applies, regardless...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20: In page 57, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(4) This section shall not apply to a class of relevant works which would restrict public access to a national monument for a period of more than 2 years.”.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 20 inserts a new subsection (4) into section 31, which provides that said section shall not apply to a class of relevant works which would restrict public access to a national monument for a period of more than two years. This is important because our heritage belongs to all of us collectively, as we discussed previously. The relationship with heritage is something we should...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the other Senators for their contributions, including Senator Cassells. The principle of access is an important one and the Minister of State has acknowledged community value in one other part of the Bill but this is important as well. The reference to "class of relevant works" is not simply around classes of relevant works and we have the exemptions. We have discussed this...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 57, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(4) Where a class of relevant works has restricted public access to a national monument for a period of more than 2 years, the Minister shall review his or her prescription of such a class of relevant works and their impact on public access to national monuments.”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Chair. I am glad that Ms O'Neill came back in relation to the science because I was quite concerned. In fact, I was reminded of when Exxon Mobil, a fuel company, took out an advertisement in 2000 in The New York Timestitled, "Unsettled Science", in relation to climate, in terms of calling for us to delay action and that it was soon to act while there were doubts on the science,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Quickly, if I could go to Ms O'Neill, who mentioned forestry and land use, and the issue of the permanent storage of carbon, how important or how useful are peatlands in terms of a guaranteed early action on carbon storage and the potential for permanent storage in relation to that? I ask Dr. McGoff of SWAN what we can do in terms of river basin management and the prohibition of wetland...