Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-03-01
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Malcolm Noonan (GP), Carlow-Kilkenny

On buildings specifically, there is a mechanism within local authorities, using the record of protected structures, to protect buildings. It is a different basis for protection and the power lies as a reserved function of local authority members. Usually, those building protections come about as recommendations from the national inventory of architectural heritage. That is the mechanism. Local authority members have the power to add or remove buildings from the record of protected structures.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-01