Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “12.For the avoidance of doubt, where a Minister of State has delegated responsibilities for heritage, functions under sections 8, 9, 10 and 11shall be performed by or subject to the agreement of that Minister.”.

These amendments provide that where there is a Minister of State with delegated responsibility for heritage, the functions under the Act would be performed by, or subject to, the agreement of that Minister in respect of sections 8 to 11, inclusive.

Amendment No. 3 refers to where there is a Minister of State with delegated responsibility and provides that the functions under the Act as a whole will be performed by, or in consultation with, such a Minister of State. I have made clear the reasons I believe that is important. I do not believe we need to rehearse them. We can probably move to decision on those.