I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 to 464, inclusive, together.
I refer the Deputy to the reply by my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to Questions Nos. 285 to 289, inclusive, on 28 March 2017. The reply set out in detail the information available from the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for the maintenance and management of the monument in question, in relation to the damage to the monument and the remedial actions proposed.
In December 2007 my Department was notified by the planning authority of an application for planning permission for a new dwelling house near to the monument. In response, the Department recommended that an archaeological impact assessment be carried out to inform the planning authority’s decision on the application. The determination of individual planning applications, and the application or otherwise of conditions, is a statutory function of the planning authorities.