Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to include a site (details supplied) as a tentative UNESCO site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50221/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The current Tentative List of Irish sites submitted to UNESCO in March 2010 for World Heritage status was compiled on the basis of the recommendations of an expert advisory group and an extensive public consultation process. The Tentative List is an inventory of those properties in Ireland considered suitable for inscription on the World Heritage list on the basis of criteria laid down by UNESCO. A property must be on the Tentative List before UNESCO may consider it for inscription on the World Heritage List.

While I appreciate the historical and archaeological importance of the site referred to by the Deputy, there are no proposals at present to submit any amendments or additions to the Tentative List.