Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 September 2021
388. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which heritage buildings continue to be protected and preserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/21]
View answerAs advised most recently in my response to Question No. 236 on 24 June 2021 and in many parliamentary replies prior to that, my Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through two grant schemes which are, in the main, administered by the local authorities. These are the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) and the Historic Structures Fund (HSF). This year 562 heritage projects across every county in the country were allocated funding from a combined sum of €6m under these schemes, an increase of nearly 40% on 2020.
My Department also provides financial support through the Community Monuments Fund (CMF) for work relating to monuments. This year funding was allocated to 139 projects across all local authorities to a value of just over €4.2m.
Details of the projects have been published on my Department’s website and on local authority websites, and I would again direct the Deputy to those detailed on line resources.
