Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 October 2010
85 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on promised legislation to enhance the protection of national monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37417/10]
View answerThe general scheme of a Monuments Bill was approved by Government in April 2010, and work towards preparation of the Bill is underway in the Office of the Attorney General. The Bill will provide a consolidated, updated and expanded legislative code to replace the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004 and a number of related enactments. It will include measures to streamline and improve procedures for the recording and protection of monuments and the regulation of archaeological activity. It will also seek to address anomalies in the existing code and it will introduce a number of new provisions including measures for the identification and conservation of historic landscapes.
