Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will refrain from making any decision regarding the approval to build on the historic site of 14/17 Moore Street, Dublin, pending an independent battlefield assessment as recommended by the director of the National Museum [17106/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The proposed development of the Carlton Cinema site, of which the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street forms 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. The developer's application to my Department for consent to proposals for work under the National Monuments Acts in regard to the provision of the commemorative centre is being examined. As part of the process, the developer was required to provide an assessment of the wider battlefield context of the national monument site. My Department is currently in consultation with the National Museum of Ireland in relation to the consent application and I hope to be able to make a decision on it shortly.