Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2019
319. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to have the remains of persons (details supplied) that were buried within the walls of Kilmainham Gaol exhumed and reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery as part of her work on historical commemorations. [11017/19]
View answerAs the Minister with responsibility for leading the Decade of Centenaries commemorative programme, my priority is to ensure that the Government's approach to the remembrance of the significant historical events and related themes is appropriate, measured, respectful, inclusive and sensitive to the different perspectives that exist on the events of this period.
I have no plans to have the remains of the persons referenced by the Deputy exhumed and reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument and, in accordance with Section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930, any proposed exhumation at the monument would require an associated excavation licence. Currently there is no application for such a licence with my Department in this case.
