Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The role of Dublin City Council is crucial with regard to the zoning of the area as an area of special interest, conservation, preservation and historic importance. It contains a number of historical monuments. I have spoken to members on my party who sit on Dublin City Council and I have asked them to take an initiative on this. If the Government met the officials and authority of Dublin City Council it would be a significant catalyst to move this on to get concrete proposals on how between now and 2016 we can lay out a pathway for how the area can be enhanced for once and for all and how it can become a significant place for history and heritage and, for generations to come, an area that can illustrate what happened. I ask the Taoiseach to do this given its overall national significance.

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