Written answers

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

National Monuments

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for all stakeholders, including the developer of the Moore Street battlefield site to participate in the ministerial Moore Street advisory forum. [3100/18]

Photo of Maureen O'SullivanMaureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the national monument 14 to 17 Moore Street and the Moore Street battlefield site; her vision for the area, including the space for the work of the traders; and if she will visit the battlefield site at her earliest convenience. [3039/18]

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 101 together.

The Moore Street Advisory Group, which was established on foot of the recommendations in the Moore Street Consultative Committee report, provides a forum where all key stakeholders can have an input into dialogue about the future of the area. I look forward to seeing an outcome that charts a way forward based on broad consensus and support from all interested parties.   

I am grateful to all the groups and individuals that are contributing to the discussions on the future of Moore Street. The detailed arrangements for engagement between various individual stakeholders and the Advisory Group are a matter for the parties themselves but I would encourage all concerned, including the developer, to avail of the opportunity for discussion and dialogue with a view to moving the process forward in a positive way.

As the Deputies are aware, the applicability of the provisions of the National Monuments Acts to particular buildings, structures and lands in the Moore Street area is the subject of proceedings in the Court of Appeal. A decision on the proceedings is awaited which, when combined with what emanates from the deliberations of the Moore Street Advisory Group, will provide much greater clarity and certainty on what wider options and alternatives there may be for the conservation, development and  presentation of the various elements that make up the extensive area encompassed by the legal case. As this is a matter before the Courts I am precluded from further comment at this point in time.

In the meantime, I understand that the issue of traders’ conditions is central to the workings of the Group and I understand that the Chair is proactively engaged with Dublin City Council in relation to this matter.

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