asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a proposal from the County Waterford National Monuments Advisory Committee for the creation of a central agency to co-ordinate the activities of the various societies and organisations dealing with the protection and preservation of national and historic monuments, shrines and sites; and, if so, what steps, if any, he has taken to establish the central agency.

As I have already announced, proposals for amendment of legislation dealing with national monuments are under consideration. The suggestion made by the County Waterford National Monuments Advisory Committee will be borne in mind.