John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Perry raised the issue of costs to Sligo County Council. Kilkenny County Council incurred costs on the central axis scheme and the case went all the way to the High Court. Considerable investment in the site in Kilkenny has been promised by the National Treasury Management Agency. How stands the Department on these costs? Are they to be borne solely by the local authority?

On the investment in the brewery strip of land around St. Francis Abbey, will the archaeological dig that is necessary be conducted by the national agency, or will it make money available to conduct it? Does it come under the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government or some other agency?