Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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1850. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to intervene to protect and preserve all 1916 buildings threatened with demolition; if preservation orders for all 1916 buildings in the Moore Street area will be issued to ensure their protection and preservation in view of a company (details supplied) refusing to engage with her consultative group; and if consideration has been given to proceeding with compulsory purchase orders on the entire site to secure it. [54415/17]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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All known archaeological monuments, of which there are in excess of 130,000, are entitled to protection under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2014.  Protection may be extended to previously unrecorded monuments by entering them in the Register of Historic Monuments or the Record of Monuments and Places. 

The Acts allow the Minister to make a Preservation Order where a national monument is considered to be at risk. In certain circumstances, the Minister may also acquire a national monument by agreement or compulsorily. These powers are exercised as and when appropriate.

As the Deputy is aware, the applicability of the provisions of the National Monuments Acts to particular buildings, structures and lands in the Moore Street area of Dublin is the subject of proceedings in the Court of Appeal on which a decision is awaited. It would be entirely inappropriate for me to speculate on the outcome of those proceedings or to comment in any way on related matters.