Public Private Partnerships
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-05
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Pa Daly (SF), Kerry

Has there been engagement with the Department of heritage in relation to these new projects? As the Minister is probably aware, officials from that Department spoke to the justice committee some time ago in relation to courthouses. The strong recommendation of one of the architects was that a grade 2 or 3 architectural review should take place before services are withdrawn from any court building. That should be done, in our view, in relation to Tralee courthouse. This might be a time, given what is or is not being considered by the Courts Service in relation to the Denny site, for the Minister to use her influence, take another look at the courthouse in Tralee to ascertain whether it can be refurbished and get the report from a heritage grade architect which is mandated by the Department of heritage. It also would be in line with the town centre first policy in the programme for Government. It would be better from an emissions perspective if we did not have to construct a new building, but could refurbish the current one.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-05