Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
688. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated capital cost of purchasing the remaining properties on the historic Moore Street Terrace not already in State ownership. [40511/22]
View answerFrom time to time my Department acquires properties that are deemed of strategic value to the State's heritage estate. This was the case with the 2015 acquisition of the National Monument buildings at No's. 14 - 17 Moore Street. In all cases my Department examines the potential acquisition carefully, taking into account the heritage added value, the conservation needs of the property and Value for Money principles.
My Department has no plans to acquire further properties on Moore Street and so has not carried out any valuation on the properties. Nor indeed is it aware that any of the predominantly 20th century buildings remaining on Moore Street are for sale.
