Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and could cost significant amounts of money. Work got under way last November to preserve the building. The Minister and officials studied the judgment very carefully. As I said, it runs to 400 pages. Of course, they have sought advice in respect of its findings.

People have very strong views about this. The Minister is anxious to have a consultative forum comprising the people of the area, not just public representatives, and others who have an involvement in this to see what the best way forward is. I have looked at it from many angles, and in view of the complex nature of the judgment given by the High Court, it is important that this be appealed to the Court of Appeal to straighten out, from the perspective of Government, the road ahead regarding national monuments, how one determines them, what one can do with them and whether one has to apply for permission for every single item from here on that will apply to every national monument around the country or whatever. The Government made that decision this morning.

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