Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To expand on what Deputy Ó Cuív said, the programme for Government states that the Government will develop and publish an updated national heritage plan. I suggest that is an opportunity to take a broader view and develop a broader vision of the appropriate conservation and heritage of 1916 Dublin.

We could have a more inclusive discussion so that we might get past the impasse.

At a couple of hundred pages, the legal opinion is as long as a novel. Dealing with this issue will be no mean legal challenge. Will the Minister indicate whether she will be willing to consider a broader approach to bringing all of the parties together and having a broader concept of Dublin between the canals and the heritage of 1916?

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