Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount allocated for work in 2005 in relation to having the Great Blasket Island declared a national monument or park; the works specified for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32395/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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Three structures on the Great Blasket Island are designated national monuments, namely, the houses of Tomás Ó Críomhtháin, Muírís Ó Suilleabháin and Peig Sayers, while 12 other sites of archaeological interest are listed in the record of monuments and places, all protected under the National Monuments Acts.

It is not intended at this juncture to designate the whole island a national monument nor is it intended to seek national park status for the island. A Government decision has approved an overall provision of €8.5 million for implementation of the proposals contained in the management plan for the island, including: purchase of lands and property; provision of piers on both the island and mainland at Dún Chaoin; conservation of the core conservation area; administration; and consultancy. To date, a total of €711,000 has been spent on the overall project.