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

Dáil amendment No. 28 follows a commitment I made during the previous Report Stage in the Seanad. Section 3 outlines the principles that a person performing a function under the Bill must acknowledge and consider. This amendment acknowledges the significance of, and will further an adherence to, the Valletta Convention or any treaty aimed at promoting or securing the protection of archaeological, architectural or other historic heritage. During discussions in the Seanad I also made commitments to bring further clarity to elements of part 3 of the Bill. This group of amendments moves the definition of "world heritage property" to the beginning of part 3 and provides additional clarity that consultations under section 92(2) are not specific to one particular aspect of world heritage property but can be in relation to world heritage property generally.