John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 21 is an admission that amendment No. 20 is an exceptionally blunt suggestion being made in relation to a period of two years. It is a fact that many works, particularly in the archaeological and heritage space, require painstaking work undertaken by people with much experience. If the State or whomever is undertaking significant works, what will a review achieve? Say a contract was put in place and it was supposed to take two years but is now running to three years, the Minister is not going to revoke something because it is taking longer to carry out a piece of remediation on a very significant piece of historical, archaeological heritage. I think these proposals are unnecessary. If they are there in the first place they are there for a reason, and it is to bring that back into productive use for everyone for the benefit of everyone.