Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to protect the Hill of Allen and its tower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14714/21]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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None of the archaeological monuments in the vicinity of the Hill of Allen are in my Department's ownership or guardianship. Under the provisions of the National Monuments Acts, the Department has established and maintains a Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) which affords legal protection to all recorded archaeological sites and monuments in the State.  A number of monuments in the Hill of Allen area are included in the RMP but not the tower/folly referred to by the Deputy.