Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2015
1210. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the investigations concerning the possible use of lands within the Annaghdown Abbey complex for the expansion of the Annaghdown cemetery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38382/15]
View answerMy Department’s officials met with representatives of the cemetery committee during the summer to discuss the investigations required to verify whether the site proposed by the committee for an extension of the existing graveyard was suitable from an archaeological perspective. My Department subsequently wrote to the committee on 12 August 2015 setting out revised recommendations for archaeological testing in response to the representations made by the committee.
The results of the archaeological testing will be considered as speedily as possible by my Department when received from the committee.
