Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to act on recommendations of the report of the Moore street consultative group. [40527/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Moore Street Consultative Group was set up to bring together all relevant interests after the High Court ruling in March 2016.

The Group reported to me at the end of March 2017 with a set of recommendations for a potential way forward.

The Report has looked carefully at all relevant aspects, including the variety of State, public and private properties and interests on the street and, of course, the Moore St. traders.

The Report signals the potential for a successful outcome to be agreed between the relevant parties, balancing the perspectives of all the key stakeholders. I am fully supportive of this constructive approach and I want to see the work already done being continued so that we can progress to the next stage and see tangible results on the ground.

The primary recommendation of that Report was the establishment of a new Advisory Group to drive towards a resolution. I have established the Advisory Group and under an independent chairman, Dr Tom Collins, it has commenced its work.

The Advisory Group is drawn from among the membership of the former Moore Street Consultative Group. Its task is to engage with all stakeholders and bodies that have a role in bringing the recommendations of the report to fruition. Its objective is to secure an outcome that is acceptable to everyone and that provides an agreed framework for the future of Moore Street. These stakeholders include representatives of the 1916 relatives and the Moore St Traders. There will also be input from statutory bodies including my own Department, Dublin City Council, the Office of Public Works and the National Museum of Ireland.

Moreover, there will be a need for detailed dialogue with the owners of the wider Dublin Central site to explore how and to what extent the Forum’s recommendations might be accommodated in the future development of the Moore Street area.

The Advisory Group has met on a number of occasions and I understand that it is planning a symposium of interests and perspectives in October, including a number of invited speakers in the fields of history, urban regeneration and street markets.