Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 May 2016
227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department conducted an independent assessment of the Moore Street national monument and developed an independent stated plan for it, given the decision of the High Court. [11987/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the company she used to cost the purchase of Nos. 14 to 17 and part of No. 18 Moore Street, Dublin 1; and the method used to cost the purchase. [11988/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she gave permission for the erection of a banner on the national monument in Moore Street; if she was aware in advance that it was to be erected; if not,the reason therefor; and if she sanctioned those persons who gave permission. [11990/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 227 to 229, inclusive, together.
The buildings in Moore Street were acquired by the State from the previous owner with the assistance and advice of the National Asset Management Agency. The consideration involved was arrived at in the normal commercial manner.
The information banner was put in place as part of the State’s 1916 Commemorations programme and in conjunction with the works undertaken by my own Department to conserve and restore the buildings and to provide a 1916 Commemorative Centre on the site. The Commemorative Centre project had adopted the proposals for which consent under section 14 of the National Monuments Act had been granted by my predecessor in 2014 following a detailed examination, including a formal Environmental Impact Assessment.
Following the recent High Court determination, arrangements are now being made to have works approved by the Court to preserve and protect the buildings carried out as soon as possible.
