Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
237. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 29 March 2023, if the OPW established if a trespass occurred at Hore Abbey during a fox hunt and if so, what action has been taken against the hunt in question. [10044/24]
View answerHore Abbey is a Cistercian Abbey in state ownership from the Commissioners of Church Temporalities by Vesting Order 30/10/1880.
As previously indicated in PQ Number 15785/23 of 29th March 2023, the Office of Public Works sought advice from the Chief State's Solicitors Office on whether the activities of the Hunt on 18th February 2023 constituted trespass at Hore Abbey, the footprint of which site is a National Monument in State care. It was advised, given the openness of the site to the public, that it did not constitute trespass.
As this was the advice received, OPW was not in a position to take further action.
However the organisers were made aware, through their website, of the importance of Hore Abbey and its legal protection under National Monuments legislation.
