Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate

1:30 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Very good. There are a couple of big heritage issues in the public domain, of which Moore Street is one. There is a fantastic Government Minister-created forum which is looking at all elements of the Moore Street monument. It has been decided by a court judge that it is a national battlefield site, but, unfortunately, there is an appeal against that ruling. To a certain extent, it looks like that Moore Street will remain inert in its current state for another two or three years until all of the rigmarole in the courts is complete. It is an awful shame, first, because of the level of energy, enterprise and community in the area and also given our ability to develop really important heritage sites of international importance. Does Mr. Parsons have an opinion on the Moore Street issue?

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