Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission a full independent archaeological and architectural survey of the Moore Street area, described by the National Museum of Ireland as the most important historic site in modern Irish history, given the recent discovery of evidence of 1916 Easter Rising associated breakthroughs in party walls at 12 to 13 Moore Street (details supplied); and if he will recommend that 1916 buildings, identified in the Kelly Report commissioned by Dublin City Council, be added to the list of protected structures. [3626/21]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission a full independent archaeological and architectural survey of the Moore Street area and recommend that 1916 buildings, identified in the Kelly Report commissioned by Dublin City Council, be added to the list of protected structures given the recent discovery of evidence of a breakthrough in the party wall of numbers 12 to 13 Moore Street singled out by a company (details supplied) for demolition as post-1916 structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/21]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 310 together.

I am advised that the company concerned has committed to retaining the wall in question in situ as part of its development proposals for the Moore Street area. This was confirmed to 1916 relatives, Moore Street traders, Oireachtas representatives, and Dublin City Council members and officials, by the company as part of a recent detailed presentation of its regeneration plans to the Moore Street Advisory Group of which Deputy Ó Snodaigh is a member. An earlier outline of these plans was characterised by the Advisory Group in its Securing History 2report as 'a significant and welcome advance on the previous plan with potential to develop a positive vision' for the inter-related elements of the market, the national monument at Nos. 14 - 17 Moore Street, and the company's own site. The report also described the plans as 'a stepped and welcome change in the way the conversation about the heritage site has been handled'.

With regard to the listing of protected structures, Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000 gives primary responsibility to local authorities to identify and protect historical buildings and structures by including them on their respective Records of Protected Structures (RPS). Inclusion on the RPS places a duty of care on owners and occupiers and also gives planning authorities powers to deal with any development proposals affecting them.