Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a historic structure (details supplied) in County Kerry will be listed as a national monument in State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46113/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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While the structure referred to by the Deputy is included in the Record of Monuments and Places maintained under section 12 of the National Monuments Acts 1930, as amended, there are no proposals to take it into State care. As referred to in my reply to Question No. 192 on 19 November 2014, the structure is under serious threat from coastal erosion. Overall policy for coastal protection, including coastal flooding and erosion, is a matter for the Office of Public Works, while the identification and addressing of coastal protection measures in any particular area is a matter in the first instance for the relevant local authority concerned. My Department continues to be available to offer advice should any proposals for coastal protection works at the site be brought forward.