Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a park (details supplied) came to be in the hands of the OPW; if there were conditions or commitments made at the time of the transfer to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16854/05]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the persons who have ownership or responsibility for a park (details supplied); if the OPW has granted its approval for the construction of a 3G telecommunications mast in the park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16855/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together.

The State purchased 11 acres of the park referred to from former Senator, Margaret Pearse, in 1967. The remainder of the property was settled on two trustees with the provision that on the Senator's death it would pass to the use of the State forever "to the intent that the same may constitute a memorial to Patrick Henry Pearse and William James Pearse and to their deeds and efforts for the freedom of Ireland and the preservation and promotion of the Irish Language". Senator Pearse died in November 1968. The property is managed as part of the State property portfolio by the Commissioners of Public Works. The commissioners have granted a licence to a mobile phone operator to erect telecommunications equipment within the park. The installation requires planning permission and a planning application has been lodged with the local authority.