Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
1434. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures to be taken to ensure a monument (details supplied) does not fall into further disrepair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35615/18]
View answerThe site referred to by the Deputy is protected under the National Monuments Acts and any person proposing to carry out works at or in relation to it is required to give the Minister two months’ advance notice. Any such works would also be subject to applicable planning and development legislation, for which the planning authority has specific responsibility.
I am advised that a representative from my Department’s National Monuments Service has visited the site in question on a number of occasions with the Parish Priest and the local authority Heritage Officer to discuss and advise on particular work proposals and that the Department is now awaiting the formal statutory notification required for the works.
