Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to see a solution here. As Deputy Burton said, I have already committed to buying, and got agreement from Government to buy, Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. I have committed taxpayers' money to this important and historic project. As a Government, we were taking four buildings which were the national monument. They are the ones that were designated as a national monument. We spent €4 million purchasing them and we are looking at between €7 million and €8 million to carry out the works to restore the four buildings. To be clear, that is what we have been trying to do. I was operating on the basis of the national monument at the time.

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