Office of Public Works

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Questions (95)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

95. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to improve access and facilities including safe parking for buses, bicycles, ponies, traps and so on to the Dún Aengus site in Árann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11300/22]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

I can confirm that The Office of Public Works is advancing plans to refurbish the existing visitor centre at Dun Aonghusa.  The scheme include provision of new visitor interpretation of the monument, upgrading of ancillary facilities within the building and some landscaping works around the visitor centre. The wider project also provides for investment in new signage and interpretation at a number of historic sites on the island. 

With regard to the possible expansion of other facilities at the site, discussions are ongoing with regard to the acquisition of land adjacent to the visitor centre but this process has not yet reached a conclusion.