Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2014
391. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to protect the heritage of a site (details supplied) in County Cork and develop it as a cultural site, in view of the fact that it has significant heritage tourism potential for the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38998/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of all identified monuments relating to the area referred to in the Deputy’s Question are available on my Department’s National Monuments Service website at www.archaeology.ie. These monuments are also included in the Record of Monuments and Places compiled under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004, which provides them with the protections and safeguards set out in those Acts.
The site referred to is also included in a focused study undertaken by my Department, that is now nearing completion. The individual reports produced as part of the study are currently being reviewed by an expert advisory panel appointed to oversee the project and will be available for wider consultation after the panel has concluded its deliberations. There are no proposals before me at this time for the development of this area as a cultural site.
