Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1067: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been reached by his Department in consultation with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Office of Public Works for the purchase of lands on the Blasket Islands as referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 25 November 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1269/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Funding has been made available by my Department to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for the purchase of the majority land holding on the Great Blasket Island. The OPW has advised my Department that the necessary legal and other work is well advanced and that the purchase should be completed shortly.