As I said, I will not delay the House, but continuity helps when dealing with legislation, and the addition of "Cultural Heritage" would have addressed all of what has now been proposed in the new Title. If, however, the Minister does not accept the amendment, I will at this stage withdraw it.

We will try to make up some time.

Yes, I understand. We will start at the start, as they say. These amendments are attempts by me to lay out definitions of archaeological heritage, archaeological interest and archaeological reserves. They are attempts to try to reflect. When people look at a piece of legislation, they turn to the definitions to see what is covered. In looking at what is covered, these are attempts to show that, in some ways, there are gaps. There is a requirement for us to be very clear in what we are trying to do. The Minister of …

I thank the Minister of State for his comments. I wish to speak to a particular amendment and I am trying to figure out which one it is. When they are grouped like this, it makes it difficult to keep track of everything. It is the amendment that includes a definition of-----

-----the "church temporalities commission". The definition is in the Bill twice. There is a definition in, I think, section 3. There are also definitions under Chapter 13. There is no need for the definition to be there twice. I am not opposed to it but it is odd that the definition is included at the start of the Bill for something that is not referenced at all until Chapter 13, which contains a definition of the "report of the church temporalities commission". There might be some technical reason for that. The Mi…

It is difficult.

I move amendment No. 7: In page 22, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “ “archaeological heritage” shall include structures, constructions, groups of buildings, developed sites, moveable objects, monuments of other kinds, as well as their context, whether situated on land or under water;”.

I move amendment No. 8: In page 22, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “archaeological interest” means objects, sites, structures and other items associated with historic and cultural heritage;”.

I move amendment No. 11: In page 22, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ “archaeological reserves” has the same meaning as it has in Article 2(i) & (ii), and Article 4(i) of the Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage of Europe adopted at Valletta on 16 January 1992 and ratified by Dáil Éireann in 1997;”.

I move amendment No. 13 : In page 22, line 37, after “fittings,” to insert “and surrounding contexts,”.

I will withdraw amendment No. 48. In doing so I am acknowledging that the Minister of State has addressed the concerns that have been raised at different stages of this legislation by identifying one of the key features of our historical and archaeological landscape. People will associate it with some of the battlefields sites that are more contemporary but there are older battlefield sites that we could have done a lot more to protect or at least give some kind of recognition to, even in this city. In Clontarf, fo…

I said there were very few battles that we won but there are some. Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, when he was here, would have mentioned the Battle of Clontibret when the Elizabethan army under Henry Bagenal was well hammered by the O'Neills in County Monaghan. It is an acknowledgement because it plays a role especially in a rural area. In a city it is buildings and so on. The Labour Party amendment refers to landscape in respect of battlefields. That can be interfered with in substantial ways by the modern construction of …

I move amendment No. 15: In page 23, to delete line 7 and substitute the following: “ “Bord” means Bord Ard-Mhusaem na hÉireann ;”. We discussed this on Committee Stage. This relates to the titles of the various bodies, bord Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, chun go mbeadh "na Coimisinéirí" úsáidte agus go mbeadh an bunteideal Gaeilge úsáidte mar atá i gceist anois de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla and that we give effect in all legislation to a recognition of the primary or the legal title of State bodies. That is the i…

It was remiss of me. I meant to say that, given the Minister of State has, in amendment No. 171, addressed the point of amendment No. 172, I will withdraw it, but obviously I can do it later on. I take on board the commitment relating to the Irish language. The problem is the length of time it has taken for this legislation to appear. I was first elected in 2002. The first mention of this was in 2004 or maybe even before that. I am concerned that if we leave issues, it will drag on. The intention of the State is th…

I move amendment No. 16: In page 23, to delete lines 14 and 15.

I move amendment No. 17: In page 23, to delete line 18 and substitute “ “Coimisinéirí” means Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Poiblí , also known as Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland;”.

I move amendment No. 18: In page 23, to delete lines 26 and 27 and substitute the following: “ “Comhairle” means the body established by section 5 of the Act of 1995 and known as An Chomhairle Oidhreachta ;”.

I move amendment No. 20: In page 23, to delete line 29 and substitute the following: “ “Roinn” means An Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta;”.

I move amendment No. 21: In page 25, to delete lines 28 and 29 and substitute the following: “ “history” includes, but is not limited to, ancient, archaeological, architectural, art, biographical, culinary, cultural, diplomatic, economic, educational, environmental, intellectual, military, natural, philosophical, political, religious, revolutionary, scientific, social, sport, technical, technological and women’s history;”.

I move amendment No. 22: In page 25, line 28, after “includes” to insert “, but is not limited to,”.