Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The first five minutes will be split between Deputy McAuliffe and me. Unfortunately, both of us must leave the meeting but we hope to rejoin it. The Minister of State has our apologies. It is not a reflection of our interest in his work and that of his Department, which is highly commendable. We congratulate him and everyone in the Department.

I will focus on a small but important issue, that of the national monument on Moore Street. It was a great honour to serve on the Minister of State's advisory committee, which reported in May. Thankfully, the Government included the matter in the granting of €120 million in urban regeneration for the north inner city, but there is considerable disappointment and frustration on Moore Street and elsewhere in the north inner city at the lack of progress. The advisory group endorsed the concept proposal from the Irish Heritage Trust. When will we see work commencing on the national monument on Moore Street?