Ms Nicola Matthews:

Deputy Daly will have to forgive me as I am not very familiar with the interior of Tralee Courthouse. However, I have worked as a conservation architect.

The basis for working with the historic building is to understand its significance, condition and potential for reuse. As in the case with Naas, the site may be too constrained to facilitate the scale of additional accommodation. Sometimes it is possible and I suppose there are useful examples where historic buildings can remain a presence in a streetscape with high-quality additional facilities to the rear. That is probably the most satisfactory position from our perspective in trying to keep a prominent building and its use public in a town centre.