Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to hear the Minister’s opinion on the traditional art of stone wall building. I also ask him to contact his colleagues, for example, Minister Humphreys, to see how we could incorporate stone wall building into potential artwork along the sides of roads. A heavy emphasis has been placed on modern art thus far in that regard. Beautiful pieces of art have resulted and they have all been worthwhile. However, we must look as well at the traditional art of stone wall building. Places such as Arraheera in Fanad, County Donegal, as well as locations in the Leas-Cheann Comhairle’s constituency i nGaillimh, have many areas that we could look to for examples of this traditional form of stone wall building being brought back to life through schemes. We are not talking about an extra budget, but about looking at this traditional art in a more creative way through existing schemes.

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