National Parks

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2017

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Questions (357)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

357. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the conservation plan for the care and preservation of architectural elements and ornamental structures sited at the castle gardens of Glenveagh National Park was formally enacted; her plans to revise and update the plan to ensure that the conservation needs of this amenity may be most effectively met in the years going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39163/17]

Written answers

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

In October 2015, the National Parks and Wildlife Service completed a “Statues and Ornamental Collection Conservation Training Report”, for Glenveagh Castle. This report helps inform the process of business, budgetary  and works planning for Glenveagh National Park in each financial year and this will continue in 2018.

The Training Report is an internal NPWS document rather than a statutory plan and therefore does not require enacting in a legislative process.