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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Gabh mo leithscéal. Following the High Court's ruling, progress on the 1916 commemorative centre and conservation project on Moore Street has ceased and arrangements are being made to have limited works, as approved by the court, carried out as soon as possible to preserve and protect the buildings at 14 to 17 Moore Street for the time being. The objective of the works will be to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 Apr 2015)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will appreciate some fundamental matters must be dealt with before there is any question of getting the work under way in Moore Street. He can be assured the intention is to have the restoration work completed and the commemorative centre up and running in the shortest possible time-frame. How long that will take I cannot say at present, but all options will be looked at with a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (22 Oct 2014)

Heather Humphreys: Revised designs for the restoration of the national monument buildings at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, and the creation of a commemorative centre to the leaders of the 1916 Rising on the site, were approved by my predecessor under the National Monuments Acts on 30 April 2014. Consent has been granted to the owners under those Acts for the full repair and conservation of the monument buildings....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (31 Jan 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...interactions with some of the parties noted would have been necessitated by issues relating to the separate discharge of my functions as Minister with regard to the State owned National Monument in Moore Street and in the context of the Moore Street Consultative Group which is in an ongoing engagement with all relevant stakeholders.

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The work being undertaken by the State to honour the 1916 leaders was designed to fully conserve Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and to provide a 1916 commemorative centre on the site. The intended works would have involved major underpinning and stabilisation of the buildings as well as re-roofing and a programme of comprehensive repairs that would have retained all pre-1916 fittings, fixtures...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The cost of the acquisition of Nos. 14 – 17 Moore Street (and part of No. 18) by the State amounted to €4m. The purchase from the previous owner was effected with the assistance of the National Asset Management Agency and the €4 million consideration was arrived at in the normal commercial manner. Half the purchase price was paid to NAMA in 2015 and the balance is due...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The cost of the acquisition of Nos. 14-17 Moore Street (and part of No. 18) by the State amounted to €4m. The purchase from the previous owner was effected with the assistance of the National Asset Management Agency and the €4 million consideration was arrived at in the normal commercial manner. Half the purchase price was paid to NAMA in 2015 and the balance is due to be paid...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Easter Rising Commemorations (11 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. I was deeply disappointed by the voting down of the proposal for Moore Street at a meeting of Dublin City Council. The Deputy should believe me when I state that I considered the plans to be highly impressive. It was planned to have a lovely interpretive centre that would reflect well on the entire area. This was a decision of Dublin City Council, and as they are the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (12 Oct 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 to 47, inclusive, together. Nos. 14-17 and part of No. 18 Moore Street are in my ownership as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. My functions in this case under the National Monuments Acts do not include oversight of ownership of other properties in the area or interactions between the owners of such properties and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I have two decisions to make. I must look at the site on Moore Street in the context of the judgment and I must also look at its wider potential implications. I need to look at whether there are broader planning and development issues nationally. I am still assessing the potential impacts and consulting other Departments. I am also taking legal advice on the matter. I am, therefore, not...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...actually a carryover from the previous year. It was added back in this year and that makes up the difference. Although there appears to be a reduction, in fact, it stays the same. I was asked about Moore Street. I am satisfied that I have fulfilled my statutory responsibility with regard to the national monument. Of course I was disappointed that Dublin city councillors rejected a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (9 Dec 2014)

Heather Humphreys: ...been carried out as part of the application for consent under the National Monuments Acts for the proposed restoration of the buildings and the provision of a 1916 commemorative centre on the Moore Street national monument site. The methodology for the assessment was drawn up and agreed in advance by my Department's national monuments service and by the director of the National Museum of...

Other Questions: National Monuments (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I fully understand that Moore Street is a location of great importance for many people and for many different reasons. There is a range of views about what is the best way forward for the street and what can be done to retain its historic character and to reflect the part it played in the events of Easter 1916. In a bid to bring together those views and seek positive progress on the future...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (14 Nov 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The national monument at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street is in the ownership of the State.  The report of the group referred to, which was published in March 2017, refers to discussions with the owners of the adjoining site indicating that they were prepared to consider alternative options for certain aspects of the site through open dialogue. As recommended by...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (30 Apr 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ..., on foot of which it was subsequently recommended that 1,680 structures be included on the RPS for Dublin City, of which 494 are additional to the existing RPS for Dublin City. With regard to Moore Street, the recommendations included: - the National Monument at Nos. 14, 15, 16 and 17, which are mid eighteen-century buildings associated with the 1916 Rising and on the existing RPS...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 Apr 2015)

Heather Humphreys: I can give a guarantee that Nos. 14-17 Moore Street will be developed as a commemorative centre to the 1916 leaders. There are some details remaining to be worked out and I have yet to bring a memo on the matter to Government. Work will commence as soon as possible. On the remainder of the site, as I have said previously, it is outside of the national monument and is in private...

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: National Monuments (11 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...Nos. 352 and 353 together. I refer to my replies to Questions Nos. 307, 308, 322, 323, 324 and 325 on 27 June 2017 and to previous Dáil Questions in which I have welcomed the report of the Moore Street Consultative Group and the consensus-based approach it recommends to finding an optimal solution to the future of Moore Street that appeals to all stakeholders. The structure...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 Dec 2014)

Heather Humphreys: My Department’s involvement in this case arises from the Preservation Order placed on Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street under the National Monuments Acts in 2007 in order to protect No. 16 as the site of the final council of war and final headquarters of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising. As a consequence of the Preservation Order, any works affecting the monument buildings require the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Heather Humphreys: ...for application, development of the plan, selection process designation and preparation before the start of the capital of culture year. I have met two different groups of families in connection with the Moore Street site. Both have very different views. One group is very supportive of the development of the project in Moore Street, and the other is against it. I am very clear about...