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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive to make available to Palmerstown Community Council the conservation report carried out in relation to the cemetery site at Mill Lane, Palmerstown?"

REPLY:

As you are aware the Conservation Report which has been completed for St. Catherine’s Church and Graveyard, Mill Lane, Palmerstown (please see copy of the report attached). The information and recommendations have been considered fully by the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer. A number of tasks have been outlined in the report as part of the conservation method statement included to safeguard the Protected Structure. The Councils Architecutral Officer is happy to answer any queries with regard to the details and informaiton contained in the report should the need arise. 

The necessary remedial repair works to consolidate the structure and preserve the graveyard will be prioritised and will be dependant on funding as a long-term programme of works.  These recommendations are to form part of a programme of works to be agreed between the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer and Public Realm Section, Environmental Services schedules permitting. The Councils Architectural Conservation Officer has prioritised the remedial repair works to the stone church and will implement a programme of works once a full condition assessment by a qualified conservation engineer has been completed.