Vol. 504 No. 5
17 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will ensure that funding is provided to the millennium proposal put forward by Kilbride national school, County Meath (details supplied) to build a peace house on the site of the Parnell Street bomb as a memorial to all those who died in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/99]
The National Millennium Committee of which I am chairperson is to make recommendations to Government on project proposals of national significance for inclusion in the Government's millennium programme and also to recommend a system for supporting community, local, county or regional projects which will provide an opportunity for local communities, including in areas of disadvantage, to participate in the millennium commemoration.
A number of letters have been received from students in Kilbride national school, County Meath, suggesting that a peace house be built on the site of the Parnell Street bomb as a memorial to all those who died in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974.
As I am sure you will appreciate there are a number of issues which would need to be considered for such a project to go ahead, for example ownership of the site, funding of the project and implementation of the project.
The proposal will be considered by the millennium committee in the context of its mandate. It would greatly assist the committee in its consideration of the project if a more developed proposal were submitted to it.
