Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of historical sites in County Roscommon maintained by Dúchas; the investment in each site in the past five years and the corresponding figure spent on promotion of the sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/05]

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of historical sites in County Roscommon maintained by the Office of Public Works; the investment in each of these sites in the past five years and the corresponding figure spent on promotion of these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17866/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 194 together.

A total of 22 monument sites are in the care of the Office of Public Works in County Roscommon, eight of which belong to a single complex of monuments. The following table outlines expenditure on conservation work at these sites from 2000 to 2004. Routine maintenance of the sites — cleaning, grass cutting etc. — is carried out by the staff from the national monuments depots in Athenry and Dromahair but it is not possible to give a breakdown for individual sites. Heritage sites managed by the Office of Public Works are not promoted individually. Such sites are promoted collectively, nationally and regionally, in conjunction with the regional tourism authorities, Shannon Development and, in the case of County Roscommon with Ireland West. National and regional versions of brochures are distributed at staffed OPW managed heritage sites and through the tourist information offices network operated by the regional tourist authorities. It is not possible, therefore, to separately quantify the expenditure on the marketing of heritage sites in County Roscommon.