Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
755. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which all buildings, sites and locations associated with the 1916 Rising are listed and-or preserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37170/13]
View answerVarious sites related to the 1916 Rising are protected under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004 or under the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2011. For example, the buildings at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street are a national monument subject to a Preservation Order under the National Monuments Acts, Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument in State care, while many other sites related to the Rising are included on Dublin City Council’s Record of Protected Structures (under the Planning and Development Acts), for example the General Post Office on O’Connell Street.
The appropriate statutory protections afforded to any particular building, site or location should be considered by the relevant public body should any application be made for alternation to any protected structure.
