Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Preservation of Historic Buildings: Discussion
1:40 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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The Venice Charter refers to context. The curtilage of sites is protected. The curtilage of this site is within the bounds of the buildings in Moore Street rather than the battlefield site. The context, however, is wider than the curtilage that is protected. There is no doubt about the authenticity of the site. Professor Kealy said work should be capable of being reversed. Does that include the context as well as the actual buildings?