Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the community monuments fund will be available for restoration and heritage preservation work at the Kilmainham Mill, Dublin 8, if he will meet with community activists working on the site; and his views on the possible restoration at the historical site. [34768/21]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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My Department provides financial support through the Community Monuments Fund (CMF) for certain works relating to conservation and promotion at archaeological monuments. This year, funding was allocated to 139 projects across all local authorities to a value of just over €4.2m. It is hoped that this scheme will run again in 2022. Conditions and criteria for eligibility for application through the Local Authorities will be published at the time of the launch.

My Department also provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through two grant schemes which are, in the main, administered by the local authorities. These are the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) and the Historic Structures Fund (HSF). This year some 562 heritage projects across every county in the country were allocated funding from a combined sum of €6m under these schemes. While the 2021 schemes are now closed to applications, details of the 2022 schemes will be made available later this year and my Department would welcome an application in respect of the Mill.

Any meeting requests should be sent directly to my private office where they will be given due consideration.