Protected Monuments
Prescribed Monuments
The Minister may prescribe a class of ‘relevant things’ that are of archaeological interest and that ought to be subject to the provisions that apply to prescribed monuments.In addition to these, wrecks that are at least one hundred years old will automatically be considered a class of relevant things.
A relevant thing that is prescribed by regulations shall be referred to as a “prescribed monument”. Classes of relevant things may be prescribed by reference to a range of criteria, such as age, date, morphology or condition.
With limited exceptions, under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014, discoveries of archaeological sites have no legal protection until they have been specifically designated or registered. The introduction of prescribed monuments represents a major strengthening of the legal protection afforded to archaeological sites whereby such sites are protected without the need for formal designation or registration.
Finding Prescribed Monument
Where a person finds, or believes that they have found, a prescribed monument they must make a preliminary report to the Minister or a member of An Garda Síochána. A 72 hour time limit is provided for making preliminary reports, with power for other time periods to be set out in regulations where appropriate. This will ensure that the reporting system can work across a range of circumstances to protect finds without imposing unreasonable requirements. The report must contain the name and address of the finder, a description of the find and the site where the find was made (which may include a photograph).
Subsequent to receipt of the preliminary report, the Minister will issue a form to the finder that must be completed and returned within 7 days. Upon receipt of the completed form, the Minister will arrange for an inspection of the site to take place. The Minister will not be required to issue the form or arrange for an inspection if he or she is of the opinion that the matter does not require further action or is trivial or vexatious.
The requirement to report a finding of a prescribed monument may not apply in the course of a licensable activity (such as an archaeological excavation) if the activity is carried out in accordance with the corresponding licence and that licence is subject to a condition requiring any finding to be reported to the Minister in a specified manner.
Owner of Land
Where the Minister is unable to give specific notice to a landowner (by delivering it to the landowner, leaving it at or sending by registered post to the address where the landowner ordinarily resides or an address for service, or, where agreed, by electronic means) because the identity or whereabouts of the landowner is unknown, the Minister shall publish the notice, including a map, in a national newspaper. The landowner will be deemed to have been given the notice concerned upon publication of that notice in the national newspaper.
The identity and whereabouts of a person will only be treated as unknown after reasonable efforts to ascertain that person’s identity or whereabouts have been unsuccessful. If either the identity or the whereabouts of a person is unknown, then the identity and whereabouts of that person will be treated as unknown.
Register of Monuments
The 2023 Act provides for the establishment of a Register of Monuments, replacing several designation and registration systems under the existing National Monuments Acts. The Register is an electronic database easily accessible to members of the public but may also be in such other forms as the Minister thinks appropriate.
The Register contain prescribed monuments (including sites where the Minister believes there are prescribed monuments) and other relevant things of ‘relevant interest’ as the Minister considers appropriate. Relevant interest means that the relevant things are “of known or potential archaeological, architectural, artistic, historic or traditional interest (or any combination thereof)”. Once entered into the Register, the monument or thing will be known as a “registered monument”.
A range of criteria must be considered when determining if an entry into the Register is appropriate, for example, the level of archaeological interest, physical integrity, likelihood of protection in situ, or the extent to which the monument or thing is already subject to protection under another enactment.
Registation Issues
Where the Minister enters, amends or deletes particulars into the Register, he or she may decide to enter particulars of an area surrounding the monument or thing, if doing so secures the protection of the monument or thing. This includes protection of the monument or thing’s amenities and any other monument or thing it would be reasonable to consider is in its vicinity. The area specified (if any) will immediately become part of the monument or thing upon its entry in the Register.
Where it is not clear if a monument or a relevant thing is one or more monuments or things, or where doing so assists in applying special protection, the Minister may make the same prescribed monument or relevant thing the subject of two or more entries, or make two or more prescribed monuments or relevant things the subject of a single entry.
The Minister is to include a statement when entering, amending or deleting particulars in the Register as to the type of prescribed monument or relevant thing, the site of the monument or thing, and whether special protection applies or is to be applied. An additional statement may be included regarding any structures, features or deposits that are the sole or exclusive extent of the monument, or are not considered to be a part of the monument.
The Minister shall also include (or amend, or delete) such cartographic information as the Minister considers to be appropriate to identify, or assist in identifying, the registered monument. Statements regarding any structures, features or deposits that are the sole or exclusive extent of the monument, or are not considered to be a part of the monument are applicable for the purposes of any proceedings relating to that monument.
The Minister will assign a unique registration number to a registered monument and may assign a unique group registration number to a group of two or more registered monuments.
Where the Minister has knowledge that special protection is deemed to apply to a registered monument because that monument is the ownership or guardianship of the Minister or a local authority, a statement must be included in the Register advising that special protection so applies.
The Minister is to take account of surveys, inventories, inspections, and any other information available to the Minster (such as reports of finds of prescribed monuments) when performing the functions.
The Minister may amend or delete any particulars entered in the Register of Monuments. If the Minister intends to deregister a monument, he or she must first consult with the Heritage Council and have regard to any views of the Council in deciding whether or not to deregister that monument.
There are provisions for the promotion of public awareness of the Register by the Minister, including co-operating with and assisting such people as the Minister considers appropriate.
Register Entry & Change Procedure
A ‘Register action’ is the entry, amendment or deletion of particulars in or from the Register of Monuments. The Minster shall give notice of a Register action by giving a notice to the owner of the land on which the relevant monument is situated, or by publishing a notice in a national newspaper.
Where a Register action applies special protection to a monument, the notice must issue directly to the landowner. If the Minister is unable to issue a notice to a landowner because the identity or whereabouts of that landowner is unknown, the notice will be published in a national newspaper.
Where notice is given to a landowner, it must be accompanied by a map showing where the monument is and contain information relating to the applicable level of legal protection (i.e. general protection or special protection).
A notice published in a national newspaper will state that additional information relating to the Register action is available either on the Department’s website, or at a suitable location (such as a library, Garda station, or local authority office). The additional information will include a map and a list of registered monuments in the geographical area to which the Register action relates, and specify whether general or special protection applies to the monument to which the Register action relates.
Special Protection
The Minister may apply, or cease to apply, special protection to a monument by way of a Register action. In deciding whether to apply or cease to apply special protection, the Minister must consider a number matters specified under the 2023 Act, such as whether the monument is of special or particular interest or its character or integrity (whether at a local, regional, national or international level).A notice must specify that a monument will cease to be a registered monument if the register action to which the notice relates deletes the particulars of that monument from the Register of Monuments.
Where a monument is a national monument, a wreck 100 or more years old, or a monument in the guardianship of the Minister or a local authority, a Register action cannot cease to apply special protection.
General protection applies to any registered monument or prescribed monument where special protection does not already apply to that monument. There are a number of requirements regarding consultation on special protection. Where the Minister proposes to apply, or cease to apply, special protection to a monument, a notice will issue to the owner of the land on which the monument is situated. The notice must be accompanied by a map showing where the monument is and contain information relating to the proposed application or removal of special protection.
The Minster will consider any written representations from the landowner, if received within 90 days of the notice issuing, and to the extent that the representations are not inconsistent with the specified matters the Minister must consider when forming an opinion that a monument is appropriate for entry in the Register, or when deciding to apply or cease to apply special protection.
Where the Minister decides to proceed, or declines to proceed, to apply or cease to apply special protection, the landowner will be given written notice of the Minister’s decision and the reasons for that decision. If the Minister is unable to issue a notice to a landowner because the identity or whereabouts of that landowner is unknown, the notice will be published in a national newspaper.
Where a proposed Register action will remove the application of special protection from a monument, the Minster must consult with the Heritage Council and have regards to the Council’s views, if any, when deciding whether or not to remove special protection.
General Protection
Therea are consultation requirements for monuments to which general protection applies. Where the Minister proposes a Register action, a notice can issue to either the owner of the land on which the monument in question is situated, or a notice can issue in a national newspaper.
Where a notice issues to a landowner, it must be accompanied by a map and state if the proposed Register action will cause the monument to cease to be a registered monument (by virtue of the particulars of the monument being deleted from the Register). If the Minister is unable to issue a notice to a landowner because the identity or whereabouts of that landowner is unknown, the notice will be published in a national newspaper.
If a notice is published in a national newspaper, it will state that a draft of the Register action notice is available either on the Department’s website, or at a suitable location (such as a library, Garda station, or local authority office).
The Minster will consider any written representations from the landowner if received within 90 days of the notice issuing, and only to the extent that the representations are not inconsistent with the specified matters the Minister must consider when forming an opinion that a monument is appropriate for entry in the Register, or when deciding to apply or cease to apply special protection.
Where the Minister decides to proceed, or declines to proceed, with a proposed Register action, the landowner will be given written notice of the Minister’s decision and the reasons for that decision. If the Minister is unable to issue a notice to a landowner because the identity or whereabouts of that landowner is unknown, the notice will be published in a national newspaper.
Interim Protection
Unless carried out under and in accordance with a licence, where the Minister proposes to apply special protection to a monument, a person will not be permitted to carry out any works to or at that monument until 150 days after the Minister gives notice of the proposal to apply special protection, or the Minister decides to apply or not to apply special protection, or the monument becomes a national monument.
This ‘interim special protection’ will be applied in place of any general protection that may already be in force, and will not affect the operation of any licence that has already been granted in respect of the monument in question.
Unless carried out under and in accordance with a licence or by way of the notice procedure provided where the Minister proposes a Register action, a person will not be permitted to carry out any works to or at the monument to which that Register action relates until 150 days after the Minister gives notice of the proposed Register action, or the Minister decides to proceed, or not to proceed, with the proposed Register action.
This ‘interim general protection’ will apply even where the proposed Register action will delete the particulars entered in the Register in respect of a monument, and will not affect the operation of any licence that has already been granted in relation to the monument in question.
Special Protection for State Monuments
Special protection applies to registered monuments in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister or a local authority. This will mean that works cannot be carried out to or at such monuments unless carried out under and in accordance with a licence.
The Minister or local authority may publish a notice in Iris Oifigiúil or a national newspaper setting out the registered monuments that are in the Minister’s or local authority’s ownership or guardianship to which special protection will apply. Where a notice identifies a registered monument using a map, the map will only determine the extent of the monument if expressly stated so by the Minister or the local authority.
Acquisition
There is provision for the acquisition of a registered monument by the Minister or a local authority to become a national monument as defined under the 2023 Act. After consultation with the Commissioners for Public Works and where a monument is deemed suitable to be a national monument, the Minister may acquire a registered monument, whether or not for valuable consideration and by agreement or compulsorily. This power can only be exercised where the Minister is of the opinion that his or her functions under Chapter 15 can be performed, e.g. the monument can be maintained and presented to the public.
With the consent of the Minister and where the monument is suitable to be a national monument, a local authority may acquire a registered monument, whether or not for valuable consideration and by agreement or compulsorily. The Minister may only give consent where he or she is of the opinion that the local authority will be able to perform its functions under Chapter 15, e.g. the monument can be maintained and presented to the public.
The 2023 Act sets out the processes relating to compulsory acquisition to which the Minister or local authority must comply. Where the Minister or local authority acquires or proposes to acquire a registered monument, an area surrounding the monument may also be acquired if it is considered necessary for the performance of the functions under
Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any instrument to the extent that it effects the acquisition of a registered monument. Nothing in this section shall operate to limit the powers of the Minister or local authority under any other enactment to acquire land.
The particulars entered in the Register of Monuments are registerable as a burden affecting land that is registered land (within the meaning of the Registration of Title Act 1964). The Property Registration Authority shall comply with an application by the Minister to register a given monument as a burden affecting registered land.
A public or local authority is to consult the Minister before conveying, assigning or otherwise transferring its ownership of a registered monument. The public or local authority shall not take any action until 90 days after giving notice to the Minister, unless the Minister gives written notice that there is no objection. The Minister may request the public or local authority to be given an opportunity to acquire the monument on agreed terms and the public or local authority must comply with that request.
Transitional Provisions relating to Registers
The Minister is to publish a notice in Iris Oifigiúil specifying a date from which the Register of Monuments supersedes the Register of Historic Monuments established under the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987 or the Record of Monuments and Places established under the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. The order may specify a geographic area in the State for the purposes of the transition to the Register of Monuments.
In the case of a national monument within the meaning of the National Monuments Act 1930 which is subject of a preservation order (made under section 8 of the same Act), or is a national monument to which section 14 of that Act applies, the existing legislative framework will apply to such monuments until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order superseding the pre-existing registers.
The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the monument in question becomes a registered monument.
In the case of a restricted area within the meaning of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987, the existing legislative framework is to apply to such an area until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order made under section
The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the area in question becomes a registered monument.
Transitional Provisions registered State Monuments
The Act covers a
- church or ecclesiastical structure vested in the secretary of the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland (pursuant to section 25(1) of the Irish Church Act 1869) which is to be preserved as a national monument in accordance with that section. It does not include a church etc. that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public or local authority.
- an ancient monument to which the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 applied and which was purchased by the Commissioners of Works pursuant to that Act, but does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of the Act in the ownership of a public authority or local authority.
- n ancient monument to which the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 applied and which any estate or interest in the monument was given to and accepted by the Commissioners of Works pursuant to section 4 of that Act is not included that is not, immediately before the commencement of the provision, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority.
- ancient monument or a national monument within the meaning of section 14 of the Irish Land Act 1903 (before being amended by sections 4 and 27 of the National Monuments Act 1930) that was vested in the Commissioners of Public Works pursuant to an order made under section 14 of the Irish Land Act 1903. It does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority.
- an ancient monument or a national monument within the meaning of section 14 of the Irish Land Act 1903 before being amended by sections 4 and 27 of the National Monuments Act 1930, that was vested in the council of the county in which the monument is situated pursuant to an order made under section 14(3) of the Irish Land Act 1903. It does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority.
The existing legislative framework will apply to such a monument until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars first entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order superseding the pre-existing registers. The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the monument in question becomes a registered monument.
1930 Act Monuments
The 2023 Act refers to a national monument within the meaning of the National Monuments Act 1930 that was acquired by the Commissioners of Public Works pursuant to section 11 of the National Monuments Act 1930, section 6 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987, or section 11 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. It does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority. The existing legislative framework will apply to such a monument until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order superseding the pre-existing registers. The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the monument in question becomes a registered monument.
The 2023 Act refers to a national monument within the meaning of the National Monuments Act 1930 conveyed, devised or bequeathed to, and accepted by, the Commissioners of Public Works, Minister of the Government, or local authority pursuant to section 10 of the National Monuments Act 1930. It does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority. The existing legislative framework will apply to such a monument until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars first entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order superseding the pre-existing registers. The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the monument in question becomes a registered monument.
The 2023 Act refers to a national monument within the meaning of section 2 of the National Monuments Act 1930 that was conveyed or devised by the Commissioners of Public Works or a Minister of the Government to a local authority. It does not include such a monument that is not, immediately before the commencement of this section, in the ownership of a public authority or local authority.The existing legislative framework will apply to such a monument until the register action provision has been complied with in respect of particulars first entered in the Register of Monuments or from the date specified in the order superseding the pre-existing registers. The requirement for consultation will not apply until after the monument in question becomes a registered monument.
In the cases provided for above , special protection will apply and provision is made so that nothing prejudices any estate, rights or titles in or over land in a number of specified situations.The Minister may, after consultation with the Commissioners of Public Works, convey, assign or otherwise transfer to a person, his or her estate, right, title or interest in or over a national monument that is in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister, where the Minister is of the opinion that the transfer is compatible with the proper protection and management of the monument, or is in the public interest.
A local authority may, after consultation with the Minister, convey, assign or otherwise transfer to a person, its estate, right, title or interest in or over a national monument that is in the ownership or guardianship of that local authority, where it is of the opinion that the transfer is compatible with the proper protection and management of the monument, or is in the public interest.
Burial Grounds
There Act covers burial grounds that are situated in the State and that were vested in the guardians of a poor law union pursuant to section 26(1) or (2) of the Irish Church Act 1869, or the burial board of a sanitary district pursuant to section 161 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878. This includes any church, building, headstone, tomb, or remains thereof, forming part of the burial ground.
Where such a burial ground first becomes a registered monument and is not a monument referred to in the special provisions above or is not vested in fee simple in the Minister, the land comprising of the registered monument shall vest in fee simple in the local authority in whose functional area it is situated. Special protection shall apply to such burial grounds and provision is made so that nothing in this section prejudices any estate, rights or titles in or over land in a number of specified situations.
The 2023 Act refers to burial grounds that are situated in the State and are referred to in Appendix No. 9 to the Report of the Church Temporalities Commission. This includes any church, building, headstone, tomb, or remains thereof, forming part of the burial ground. Where such a burial ground is not a monument referred to or in respect of which, the fee simple has not been vested in a person at a direction given pursuant to section 26(2) of the Irish Church Act 1869, the Minister may vest in fee simple the land which comprises the burial ground in the Minister, or with the consent of the local authority in whose functional area a burial ground is situated, vest in fee simple the land which comprises the burial ground in that local authority.
If it is a registered monument, special protection shall apply to such a burial ground and provision is made so that nothing in this section prejudices any estate, rights or titles in or over land in a numbe of specified situations.
Where the fee simple in a relevant burial ground is vested in the Minister or local authority and the burial ground is a registered monument, the burial ground shall be a registered monument in the ownership of the Minister or local authority for the purposes of the 2023 Act. Other provisions of the 2023 Act relating to registered monuments in the ownership of the Minister or local authority shall apply.
Guardianship of certain Registered Monuments
The Minister, with the consent of the Commissioners of Public Works and by order, to appoint himself or herself as the guardian of a registered monument to which special protection applies. If requested by a local authority, the Minister, with the consent of the Commissioners of Public Works, may appoint the local authority by order as the guardian of a registered monument to which special protection applies.
By further order, the Minister may extend or reduce the area of, or revoke, a guardianship monument. The Minister must give written notice to a landowner (if any) of the making, amendment or revocation of a guardianship order. Where the Minister proposes to make or revoke a guardianship order, written notice must be given to the landowner (if any) and before deciding whether or not to proceed with the proposal, consider any submissions made by the landowner within a specified notice period.
The Minister can make a monument guardianship order without complying with the consultation requirements if he or she is of the opinion that the registered monument concerned is in immediate danger, whether through decay, deterioration or otherwise.
Transitional Provisions Guardianship of Registered Monuments
The 2023 Act covers an order made under section 9(2) of the National Monuments Act 1930 and the national monument that is the subject of that order. Upon commencement of the provision, such an order shall be deemed a monument guardianship order as provided under the 2023 Act with the Minister appointed as the guardian of the monument. The monument will be deemed to be a registered monument and a guardianship monument.
The 2023 Act refers an order made under section 15 of the Shannon Electricity Act 1925 and the ancient monument that is the subject of that order. Upon commencement of the provisions such an order shall be deemed a monument guardianship order with the Minister appointed as the guardian of the monument. The monument will be deemed to be a registered monument and a guardianship monument.
The 2023 covers a deed made under section 5 or referred to in section 6 of the National Monuments Act 1930. Upon commencement of the provision, such a deed shall be deemed a monument guardianship order with the Minister appointed as the guardian of the monument. However, if the deed originally appointed a local authority as guardian of the monument, then upon commencement of this section, that deed shall be deemed a monument guardianship order with the local authority in whose functional area the monument is situated appointed as the guardian of the monument. In either case, the monument will be deemed to be a registered monument and a guardianship monument.
A person who would have been entitled to terminate a deed under section 5(3) or section 6(c) of the National Monuments Act 1930 may revoke the monument guardianship order by written notice to the Minister. Any conditions or restrictions in the original deed continue to have effect and binds the Minister or local authority concerned accordingly. The Minister or local authority shall not perform any function that allows or promotes public access to a registered monument that is the subject of a deed referred to in section 6 of the National Monuments Act 1930 without the consent of the landowner.
While taking the above into account, the Minister will not be prevented from making or revoking a monument guardianship in respect of a national monument that is the subject of a deed made under section 5 or referred to in section 6 of the National Monuments Act 1930. Where such a monument guardianship order is made, the conditions or restrictions in the original deed will cease to bind the Minister or local authority concerned (unless otherwise specified in the order) and the Minister or local authority shall be permitted to perform any function allowing or promoting public access to a the monument (unless otherwise specified in the order).
Registered Monuments Owner or guardianship of State
The 2023 Act applies to a registered monument in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister or local authority pursuant to the operation of a provision of the 2023 Act. The Minister may, by order and after consultation with the Commissioners of Public Works, specify that on and from a certain date, Chapter 15 applies to a given registered monument in the ownership of the Minister. The Minister may also, by order and after consultation with a local authority, specify that on and from a certain date, Chapter 15 applies to a given registered monument in the ownership of that local authority.
It is the duty on either the Minister or local authority, to maintain the archaeological, architectural, artistic, historic and traditional interest of a national monument in their ownership or guardianship, in so far as may be practicable. This duty will not prevent or restrict the doing of an act that results in the loss of the archaeological, architectural, artistic, historic or traditional interest of a monument if justified on substantial and appropriate research grounds or on substantial public interest grounds.
The Minister or local authority is permitted to protect a national monument, present it to the public (e.g. provide visitor access and facilities), establish conditions or restrictions in relation to the presentation of the monument to the public (e.g. charges for entry, rules on conduct of persons at or in the monument), and undertake works necessitated by any of the above. In determining conditions, restrictions or charges etc. the Minister or local authority may take into account matters relating to the protection of the monument, the safety, welfare and enjoyment of the public, or the opinions (if any) of the landowner.
Where the Minister or local authority is satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of a national monument, or is otherwise required on substantial public interest grounds, the relevant authority may move the monument to a site where its protection may be more effectively secured.
An ‘authorised officer’ may direct a person to comply with conditions, restrictions or charges, provide their name and address, or leave a monument, and that person must comply with the authorised officer’s direction. If the authorised officer has reason to suspect that the name or address provided by a person is false or misleading, the authorised officer may request a specified proof of identity (e.g. driving licence or student identity card).
The Minister may grant a lease or licence in respect of land comprising a national monument in his or her ownership or guardianship. A local authority will also be permitted, with the consent of the Minister, to grant a lease or licence in respect of land comprising a national monument in its ownership or guardianship
The performance of a function conferred on the Minister or local authority under Chapter 15 shall be subject to provisions of the 2023 Act specifying that any act be done under and in accordance with a licence, except as otherwise provided by the 2023 Act. The functions conferred on the Minister or local authority by Chapter 15 are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any functions conferred on the Minister or local authority under any other enactment or otherwise.
OPW Functions
The 2023 Act sets out the functions of the Commissioners of Public Works in respect of national monuments in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister. A function conferred on the Minister under Chapter 15 shall be performed by the Commissioners of Public Works, in so far as that function relates to the day-to-day operation of a national monument in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister.
In carrying out such functions, the Commissioners must have regard to the Minister’s policies and priorities (in so far as those policies and priorities relate to such functions). The Minister must consult with the Commissioners of Public Works when setting or revising such policies or priorities.
If a question arises between the Minister and the Commissioners of Public Works as to whether the performance of a function relates to the day-to-day operation of a national monument, the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, shall decide the question and the decision shall be conclusive.
The Commissioners of Public Works will carry out such other operations in relation to a national monument, and provide further services to the Minister in connection with the performance of the Minister’s functions under the 2023 Act, as may be agreed in writing between the Commissioners and the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Such further services may include services relating to the valuation of land or the acquisition or disposal of land.
The performance of functions by the Commissioners of Public Works under this section will be subject to any provisions of the 2023 Act specifying requirements that an activity or works be done under and in accordance with a licence, except as otherwise provided in the 2023 Act. The Commissioners will provide the Minister with such information as may be required regarding anything done by them under this section.