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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 264: In page 144, line 17, after “Minister” to insert “or Ard Mhusaem na hÉireann”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 266: In page 148, after line 39, to insert the following: “Report on alignment of development with protection and conservation 169.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining a review of the proposals and objectives within the National Development Plan and their consistency...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 267: In page 148, after line 39, to insert the following: “Report on consistency with international and climate obligations 169. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining a review of the provisions of this Act and their consistency with— (a) the Valletta Convention, (b)...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 268: In page 148, after line 39, to insert the following: “Report on consistency with international and climate obligations 169. The Minister shall, in carrying out his or her functions under this Act, ensure that they act in a manner consistent with the following: (a) the Valletta Convention; (b) the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe;...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 269: In page 150, line 25, to delete “5 years” and substitute “7 years”. Sinn Féin believes that stronger penalties should be put in place for violation of our heritage legislation. The current enforcement is already inadequate. Even with the penalties in the legislation, prosecutions are very rare. There have only been six in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State give a commitment to look at these amendments on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State consider increasing the deterrent? We know the maximum sentence can go from three to five years. We are seeking to increase that from five years to seven years.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 270: In page 150, line 31, to delete “€10,000” and substitute “€10,000,000”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 271: In page 150, line 32, to delete “3 years” and substitute “5 years”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 276: In page 153, line 7, to delete “€50,000” and substitute “€5,000,000”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 277: In page 153, line 14, to delete “€10,000” and substitute “€5,000,000”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: We support the Minister of State but we ask that he ensure the signage is in both Irish and English and that he would consider that on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister of State. I want to check -----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Thank you.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Apologies but in layman's terms, the Minister of State has outlined that this applies if there is a material change or if the information is two years out of date, but what will these changes actually mean? What are the key differences between the MARA processes on these applications and those of the foreshore unit?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: How do the timeframes differ?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: What about public participation and judicial reviews? It shortens the window for judicial reviews from three months to eight weeks -----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: There is no change.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Okay. We are concerned about the risk of exemptions under the 2021 Act being used in conjunction with the provision which will result in less regulatory oversight on activities which previously would have had much more extensive assessment under the foreshore regime. Can the Minister of State address these concerns and give an assurance that safeguards are in place on this?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: With respect to the public being notified of an offshore application transfer to MARA, so people know who is handling it and the timeframes involved for public participation and decision making, on what basis would the Minister request the transfer? This is about the notification of applications moving from MARA from the foreshore application.