Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Moore Street is the birthplace of the Republic. The buildings and surrounding streets offer a real, physical connection between our generation and the men and women of 1916. Located just off O'Connell Street, the area offers a real opportunity to build a vibrant, historic trading quarter. However, it is derelict owing to the Government's decisions and has been sterilised by years of court cases. The former Minister, by her appeal, stripped Moore Street of its national monument status, possibly opening it to massive commercial development by a British builder. A judgment today states that it is a matter of policy and that this Legislature could identify the full Moore Street battlefield site as a national monument. Will the Taoiseach get the Minister to do that? If not, we on this side of the House will do so.

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