James Bannon (Fine Gael)

This section, like section 5 and other sections of the Bill, has consequences for our national monuments throughout the country. It is one thing to make a case in favour of bringing forward legislation to address and remedy the problem faced at Carrickmines, but it is another to remove all the protections, limited although they may be, afforded to national monuments through the country. If the Bill only rectified or improved the situation at Carrickmines, I have little doubt but that we would have favoured it. I would like to have spoken on section 5.