The main object for which the Company is established is:

To advance education and to foster a wider appreciation of historic, architectural and cultural heritage through the promotion for the public benefit of the conservation, protection and enhancement of monuments, groups of buildings and sites on a national and on an international level.

The following objects set out hereafter are exclusively subsidiary and ancillary to the main object and are to be used only for the attainment of that main object and any income generated therefrom is to be applied for the main object only.

• To establish, maintain and promote internationally accepted standards of practice, in the preservation, conservation and management of cultural heritage.
  
  
• To have regard to the framework of International Charters and Conventions on preservation of monuments, groups of buildings and sites.
  
  
• To promote and work for higher standards in the preservation and conservation of cultural heritage.
  
  
• To raise the level of awareness and encourage a wider understanding of the scope and value of cultural heritage, by educating the public in all matters relating to the conservation and preservation of the cultural heritage.
  
  
• To promote international best practice through research and publications.
  
  
• To promote international best practice through lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences.
  
  
• To promote education and training programmes in the field of conservation and preservation.
  
  
• To collect, evaluate and disseminate information on conservation principles, techniques and policies.
  
  
• To become a statutory consultee for cultural heritage, policy and legislation in Ireland.