Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the restoration and preservation of a heritage site (details supplied); if funding or support will be allocated for conservation works to protect this important heritage site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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O’Brien’s Castle, also known as Furmina Castle, is a National Monument in the ownership of the Minister of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

With respect to the maintenance of the castle, the National Monuments Service of my Department works in close partnership with the Office of Public Works. There have been initial discussions between my Department and the Office of Public Works regarding the conservation and presentation of O’Brien’s Castle. Within the context of priority needs of the national heritage estate, those discussions will continue in order to define a programme of works for a monument that is recognised as a very important part of the heritage of Inisheer.