Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the provision of a museum, heritage centre or an interpretative centre at the Woodstown Viking site, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/10]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the conducting of a further dig at the Woodstown Viking site, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 and 317 together.

The view of the Woodstown Working Group, established to provide expert advice to the Minister, is that the archaeological findings in this case, which are entirely underground, are not suitable for presentation to the public on site and that the interpretation of the site and the display of artefacts should take place at the Waterford Museum of Treasures in Waterford City. In light of the scale of the work already undertaken, and the comprehensive findings from it, which are being prepared for publication, there are no plans to conduct further archaeological excavations at this time.