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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...City Council, as both the local government and planning consent authority, is the most appropriate entity to manage the ongoing development of this important inner city area. Already sections of Moore Street, on the auxiliary lanes, are within the current O'Connell Street architectural conservation area, designated in July 2001, and the O'Connell Street area of special planning control...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...take but all options are being looked at with a view to delivering the project with the minimum of delay. I will be consulting with the relatives. I will also be consulting with the traders on Moore Street because it will affect them as well. I hope that it will be completed in time for the 2016 commemorations and we will be doing everything to ensure that happens.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: As I indicated in my reply to today’s Priority Oral Question No. 2, I secured the approval of the Government to acquire the national monument at Nos. 14–17 Moore Street for the State, following the decision of Dublin City Council to reject proposals that would have given the Council full ownership of the monument, along with NAMA funding to cover the full cost of restoring it...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...to planning for the State Ceremonial events taking place. In addition to this forum, a new group is being established by Dublin City Council to consult more widely with relatives on issues concerning Moore Street. Officials in my Department are also liaising with the Department of Defence in relation to matters regarding relatives, including the compilation of lists of relatives for the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...Further details relating to the schedule of launch dates for these projects will be available on as details are finalised. In addition, the Government has decided to acquire the national monument at Nos. 14–17 Moore Street in order to safeguard the buildings for the future. The intention is to have the restoration works carried out and to have the planned 1916 Commemorative Centre...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...Launch of Ireland 2016 Commemorative Programme Maxwell Photography €861 2015 10th Anniversary of Culture Ireland Maxwell Photography €103.32 2015 Dublin launch of Venice Artist Biennale 2015 Maxwell Photography €637.14 2015 Moore Street – meeting with Lord Mayor and traders Maxwell Photography €361.62 2015 European Heritage Heads Forum 10th...

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

Heather Humphreys: As I outlined in my reply to today’s Priority Question No 1, my primary function in this case arises from the preservation order that was placed on Nos. 14-17 Moore Street under the National Monuments Acts 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. The area surrounding the Moore Street national...

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...

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

Heather Humphreys: On the area surrounding Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, a detailed battlefield assessment has already been carried out and I am satisfied with the quality and findings of that research. As part of the Minister's consideration of the consent application, the consent applicant, Chartered Land Limited, which owns the national monument site, was asked by the Department in January 2012 to commission an...

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

Heather Humphreys: My primary function in this case arises from the preservation order that was placed on Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street in 2007 under the National Monuments Acts and to protect No. 16 as the site of the final council of war and final headquarters of the leaders of the 1916 Rising. The area surrounding the Moore Street national monument is largely in private ownership and is not covered by the...

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 (30 Apr 2015)

Heather Humphreys: To be clear, my role as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is to assess what is best for the national monument, and the national monument has been designated as Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. I do not have any powers under the National Monuments Acts to create an historic quarter in Moore Street. The properties around the national monument are in private ownership. They are not...

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

Heather Humphreys: As I outlined in my replies to today’s Priority Questions No 1 and 2, my primary function in this case arises from the Preservation Order that was placed on Nos. 14 - 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. The area surrounding the Moore Street...

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...

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

Heather Humphreys: As I outlined in my reply to today’s Priority Questions Nos 1 and 2, my primary function in this case arises from the Preservation Order that was placed on Nos. 14 - 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. The area surrounding the Moore...

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ..., boat handling training and lock operation training were provided by the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland. I understand that Waterways Ireland currently has no proposals to install additional moorings between Spencer Dock and Cross Guns Bridge due to the lack of uptake to date at the other locations available for extended mooring on the Royal Canal.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: .... The Royal Canal is one of the waterways for which Waterways Ireland has responsibility. I have been advised by Waterways Ireland that it initially identified 14 separate locations for extended mooring permits along the Royal Canal. I understand that there is a surplus of moorings available at all of these locations, apart from the extended mooring location at Castleknock. I also...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (10 Feb 2015)

Heather Humphreys: My function in this case relates to the buildings at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, which are the subject of a Preservation Order under the National Monuments Acts because of their association with the events of Easter Week 1916. As a consequence of the Preservation Order, any works affecting Nos. 14-17 require the formal consent of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the...