Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the construction of a suitable building in Turoe, Bullaun, Loughrea, County Galway for the protection and display of the Turoe stone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/17]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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Work to conserve the Turoe Stone has been successfully completed and the artefact is in safe storage at the Office of Public Works premises at Portumna pending its return to the site at Loughrea where it will be housed in a specially designed environmental shelter.

The general siting and landscaping of the proposed structure has been designed and the OPW is engaged in the next stage which will be to design and specify the customised shelter. The specialist nature of the project has caused considerable difficulties however and to date, a design Consultant has not been appointed. OPW is continuing its efforts to resolve this issue with a view to making progress and commencing a project on site in 2018.