I propose to take Questions Nos. 547 and 572 together.
The round tower in Clondalkin is a national monument in State care and its conservation and maintenance is managed on behalf of my Department by the Office of Public Works. My Department has no plans for the acquisition of land or property surrounding the national monument. I am informed that South Dublin County Council has been in negotiation with a third party regarding a proposed development in the vicinity of the round tower. The objective underlying these negotiations is to ensure that any such development will be in sympathy with, and complementary to, the adjacent national monument. Any planning application for development impacting on this or any other national monument would have to be referred for comment to my Department for implications for heritage conservation.