Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a timeline of the start and completion dates for all phases of works conducted thus far at 14-17 Moore Street since the purchase of each building by the State. [39226/25]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an indicative timeline of start, stages and completion dates for all works to be conducted at 14-17 Moore Street until it opens as an historical interpretative centre befitting a national monument. [39227/25]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts taken to combat dry rot and other causes for the rotting of fabrics in the structure of the national monument at 14-17 Moore Street since each of the buildings were purchased by the State. [39228/25]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works towards the restoration, refurbishment and repurposing of the buildings and yards of the national monument will begin now that the stabilisation of the buildings seems to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39229/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 378, inclusive, together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Government decided to accept the recommendations of the Moore Street Advisory Group and have instructed the Department of Housing Local Government & Heritage (D/HLGH) and the Office of Public Works (OPW) to move ahead with a project to conserve the historic monument of 14 – 17 Moore St and open it as a visitor site where the historic events at the end of Easter week 1916 can be commemorated.

In the period since the Government took this decision, a number of matters have been addressed:

• The appointment of a multidisciplinary design team, including an interpretation and exhibition consultant, to lead the development of detailed proposals for the conservation of the buildings comprising 14-17 Moore Street and the delivery of a new building with ancillary visitor facilities at 8/9 Moore Street;
• The advancement of the design to a point where major conservation and design decisions have been settled, with an application for Ministerial Consent under Section 14 of the National Monuments Acts due for imminent submission;
• Appointment of interpretative designers to design a permanent exhibition which is at detailed design stage.