The Minister’s answer was very superficial as this question required a more detailed and comprehensive answer. This proposed Chapel for cremation services and car park for 74 cars is in St. Paul’s Section of Glasnevin Cemetery. The ground it is to be built on, contains burials of 45,000 people, 35,000 of them children, citizens of Dublin. The buildings and car park are on top of their graves. There are 3,900 burials under the floor of the chapel. Piles for the foundations are to be driven down inches from their bodies. It was previously refused planning permission as “The proposed development, by reason of the siting of a new building on a highly sensitive site consisting of a known and historic burial ground containing approximately 3,900 burials.” This proposal is insensitive, inappropriate and indecent. The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht should withdraw the €2 million funding from this project. This burial ground should be held in perpetuity for those interred in this area and the funding used for landscaping St. Paul’s Section in an appropriate and fitting manner.
Katie Downes
Posted on 9 Feb 2018 2:56 pm
The Minister’s answer was very superficial as this question required a more detailed and comprehensive answer. This proposed Chapel for cremation services and car park for 74 cars is in St. Paul’s Section of Glasnevin Cemetery. The ground it is to be built on, contains burials of 45,000 people, 35,000 of them children, citizens of Dublin. The buildings and car park are on top of their graves. There are 3,900 burials under the floor of the chapel. Piles for the foundations are to be driven down inches from their bodies. It was previously refused planning permission as “The proposed development, by reason of the siting of a new building on a highly sensitive site consisting of a known and historic burial ground containing approximately 3,900 burials.” This proposal is insensitive, inappropriate and indecent. The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht should withdraw the €2 million funding from this project. This burial ground should be held in perpetuity for those interred in this area and the funding used for landscaping St. Paul’s Section in an appropriate and fitting manner.