Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any further development regarding the application for ministerial consent to carry out works at the national monument of Nos. 14-17 Moore Street since the Dáil Adjournment debate on national monuments of 23 June 2011; if he will give a date for the publication of the proposals received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21815/11]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he has taken to secure the future of 14-17 Moore Street, and to ensure that the area around Moore Street can be developed into a revolutionary quarter at the heart of Dublin City. [18710/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 41 together.

In January 2007, the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government placed a preservation order on Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street under the National Monuments Acts. The order was made on the grounds that No. 16 is a monument, the preservation of which is of national importance by reason of its historical significance as the site of the final council of war and final headquarters of the Provisional Government. The effect of the order is that works affecting these properties, including any excavation or ground disturbance within, around or in proximity to them, will require my consent under section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended.

The proposed development of the Carlton Cinema site, of which Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street form part, and for which approval has been granted by An Bord Pleanála, envisages the retention of these buildings and the provision of a commemorative centre to the 1916 Rising in No. 16. An application by the developer for consent to these proposals under section 14 of the 1930 Act was submitted to my Department on 17 June 2011. The consent application is being examined and a decision will be made as quickly as possible.

Any wider plans for the development of the Moore Street area would be a matter for the relevant landowners and the development authority, Dublin City Council.