My Department has previously dealt with representations made on behalf of the family in question regarding a proposal that a plaque be erected in honour of their relative who was executed in 1798. The response that issued at the time indicated that despite extensive research undertaken by my Department in an effort to establish the exact location of the execution, this could not be determined conclusively. Whilst the Church at Arbour Hill is owned by my Department, other surrounding properties, including the adjoining cemetery, are not my Department's property. As there is no certainty that the execution took place on what is now Department of Defence property, my Department is not in a position to approve the erection of such a plaque.