Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State can give me his assurances, but I will not be here in a few years' time. The Minister of State may not be here. The issue is that this is about legacy and legislation. There were Ministers in the Custom House in the past who were not great friends of heritage. Of course, we have the rollout of the national development plan. I do not want to impede our national development plan, because I believe there are clear principles set down in Valletta to deal with all of those unforeseen circumstances. We live in an economy and we live in a society. There are many facets to our country and our world. However, this is a really important one. I am happy to withdraw this amendment with the right to resubmit it on the next Stage. At that stage I will clearly have a lot more work to do to garner support from external bodies and get them to engage with the Minister of State's Department. However, I ask him to reread and look again at the rationale, reasoning and resistance to this from his officials. I think that is where he might find the answer.