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National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: They also have the physical scars of the Rising in the form of the openings broken through by the rebels as they tunnelled their way up the street. They retain significant 18th-century elements, including staircases, partitions, plasterwork, doors, floors, fittings and fixtures. The removal of the fundamentally new buildings alongside the national monument will allow the historical...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Just around the corner, an immersive new visitor centre is being finalised in the GPO on O'Connell Street. Over in Kilmainham Gaol, visitor facilities are being upgraded. Major new visitor facilities are being constructed at a number of historically important locations, including Richmond Barracks, the Military Archives and Pearse's cottage in Rosmuc. The Government is spending in excess...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Finally, I want to refer to the motion's call for me to create a historical or cultural quarter in the Moore Street-GPO area. No matter how many times I explain my remit as Minister for the arts, Sinn Féin ignores it. The vast bulk of the surrounding properties are privately owned.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My remit extends simply to the national monument, which we are preserving.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The development of the wider street is a matter for Dublin City Council, where I believe Sinn Féin is the biggest party. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, Dublin City Council, as both local government and planning consent authority, is charged with managing the ongoing development of this important inner city area of Dublin. The shopping centre or mall that Deputy McDonald...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Already, sections of Moore Street-----

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: -----and the auxiliary lanes-----

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ----are within the current O'Connell Street architectural conservation area-----

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: -----designated in July 2001, and the O'Connell Street area of special planning control, adopted by Dublin City Council in September 2009. These mechanisms operate within the wider policy framework of the Dublin City development plan, which is currently under review. It remains open to the city council to prepare a statutory local area plan for the area under the provisions of the Planning...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My objective and statutory responsibility in Moore Street is to restore the four historic and original buildings that make up the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 to their 1916 state and to allow the Irish public to see the marks of that revolution.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The four houses are the only houses in that terrace whose exteriors and interiors predate 1916 and which bear the scars and evidence of the presence of the men and women of 1916. I am not in the business of revising or rewriting history, unlike some. I am certainly not in the business of declaring buildings national monuments when they were only built in the last few decades.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I have met with the traders and they support the restoration of Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. They pleaded with me to get the work started on the property.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I appeal to everyone in the House to support the Moore Street project-----

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: -----so that we will have something to show there for the commemoration year that we can all be proud of.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “recognises: — the importance of this significant centenary year of the 1916 Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic as a pivotal event in our history; and — that the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is continuing to work...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Sinn Féin claims it wants Moore Street protected, yet the party opposed the previous 2014 plan which would have allowed for the site to be restored. Most recently the party encouraged and supported the people who occupied the site, delaying the important restoration works and jeopardising our chances of being able to allow access to the site during the centenary. The Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Waterways Ireland is a North South Implementation Body co-sponsored and co-funded by my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland. It is responsible for managing, maintaining, developing and promoting over 1000km of inland navigable waterways, principally for recreational purposes. Since its establishment in 2000, Waterways Ireland has been active in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. The qualifying criteria for the scheme are that: - The claimant must have a legal interest in one of the 36 raised bog natural heritage areas - ownership or turbary right; - The claimant must have been the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Details regarding appointments to State boards in bodies funded from my Department's Vote since the establishment of my Department on 2 June 2011 are provided in the Tables below. In 2014, the Government approved new guidelines regarding the process to be used in making all appointments to State boards. Arrangements are currently in train under these procedures to fill vacancies on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Boat Permits (28 Jan 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Private boats on the lakes in the Park are regulated by way of mooring discs or pegs. In a scheme introduced in 1991, following lengthy consultation with interested parties, mooring discs were issued to all boat owners having a recognised traditional mooring right on the lakes, subject to an overall limit on the number of discs issued. It is considered that a limit is necessary so as to...