Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I met a cross-Border delegation regarding Narrow Water when I was in Dundalk recently. Clearly, the EU moneys are in place as is the finance being contributed by Louth County Council and the Government. The process of evaluation by the Executive and the Minister, Sammy Wilson's office in Stormont is proceeding. I hope the matter can be brought to a speedy and successful conclusion. The project is an important cross-Border link and the first visible physical connection at Narrow Water. It is clearly an important link from a commercial, social and tourism perspective. The Minister, Sammy Wilson is dealing with the evaluation process, which I hope can be concluded successfully.

Moore Street is a monument of which one is not proud. I visited it and it is not the kind of site to which one would like to refer people as the last headquarters of those who left the GPO by the side door in 1916. It is a complex matter involving developers, Dublin City Council, the Minister and NAMA etc. I have asked the Minister to prepare a memo for Government because we must make a decision. The Minister can intervene in law, but any intervention should take into account what we want for the general area by the time we get to 2016. As I said to other Deputies, I would like to think we could do something about the military archives, the courthouse in Kilmainham, the GPO itself and the national monument in Moore Street. The Minister will bring his memo to Government shortly. It is a matter which can be discussed in the House. The Minister has a particular interest in the matter as chair of the centenary commemoration events. It is a case of ensuring any intervention is the right one in the context of what the nation wants for the national monument at Moore Street.

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