Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the Narrow Water bridge project, I have been in touch with Ministers, Sammy Wilson and Danny Kennedy in the North. While the necessary work has been done by the Minister here, there is a real concern that the time allocated to procure funds from the EU for the bridge project may pass. Is it appropriate for the Taoiseach to ask the Tánaiste to make representations to the two Ministers to whom I referred?

I refer to the preservation order on the national monument on Moore Street. The programme for Government contains, for what it is worth, a commitment to develop a cultural plan for future commemorative events such as the centenary of the Easter Rising. We were all at an event this morning at Arbour Hill to remember the men and women who proclaimed a republic in 1916. However, the last headquarters of that republic - the national monument in Moore Street - stands in a state of decay. Under a preservation order, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is obliged to intervene when a national monument is in danger of falling into decay through neglect. I ask the Taoiseach to have the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, intervene to remove the national monument from the ownership of Chartered Land and to act to preserve the Moore Street battlefield site in its entirety.

While I acknowledge that the Taoiseach has a packed schedule, he promised to meet the families of the 1916 leaders.

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