Vol. 508 No. 5
37 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the progress made on the implementation of the Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1999; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/99]
The Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1999 places the survey work of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage – NIAH – on a statutory footing.
Before this Government took up office no surveys under the NIAH had been issued. Since then ten town surveys have been published and a further seven have issued in draft form. One interim county survey has also been published. The Government is committed to completing interim county surveys within the next two years and the full NIAH within a period of 12 years.
Under the new Act, I may determine the form or content of the inventory and may take other steps in relation to the provision of information. I will be doing this in the near future and these steps will reflect the methodology and arrangements at present in use for the NIAH.
