With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 126, and 127 together.
Following receipt of a report from the city manager on the civic offices project, which included an assessment of the possibilities of using an alternative site for the development, I discussed the matter with a deputation from the Dublin City Commissioners. I conveyed to the deputation the misgivings of the Government regarding the use of the Wood Quay/Winetavern Street site for civic offices because of its significant location in relation to Christ Church, its archaeological importance and its value as an open space in the context of the Government's desire to develop The Liberties and surrounding areas for housing.
The matter was again discussed with a deputation from the commissioners and I have been notified that the commissioners at their meeting on 4th instant passed a resolution recommending that the offices be built on the Wood Quay/Winetavern Street site subject to a regrouping of the buildings in accordance with a plan submitted by the consultants. The matter is being examined and I hope to give the Government's views on this recommendation at an early date.