Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will not be accepting amendments Nos. 1 and 6 to 13, inclusive.

I reiterate that this is a technical Bill which is necessary to allow for the transfer of functions relating to heritage under a number of different enactments to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I will not be accepting any amendments which go beyond the very narrow technical nature of the Bill.

The purpose of section 11 is to provide for the transfer and merger of the consultation functions of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in section 177AC of the Planning and Development Act 2000, to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage resolving the Mulcreevy issue in this section. The proposed amendment No. 1 does not assist in resolving the Mulcreevy issue arising from Part XAB of the Planning and Development Act. Therefore, I will not be accepting this amendment.