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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 12, 2023

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report to explain what role SDCC has in preserving and maintaining protected buildings listed on the national record of monuments and places.  Report to include works SDCC can do on such monuments and places.

REPLY:

Protected Structures are listed on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) under Appendix 3A, County Development Plan 2022-2028 and come under the provision of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended).  There are a number of Protected Structures that are also Recorded Monuments as identified under the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) under the provision of the National Monuments Acts.  Those Recorded Monuments which are structures/features above ground are included on the RPS and are indicated as Recorded Monuments (RM) or National Monument (NM).  Only those items listed on the RPS are protected under the provisions of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended).  

The preservation and maintenance of structures that are Protected Structures with Recorded Monument status are the responsibility of the owner as part of the duty of care under Section 58 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) (Part IV). Where the structure or site is in private ownership the responsibility of care lies with the owners/occupiers. 

Where structures/sites are Council owned and where works have been identified Ministerial Consent must be sought from the National Monument Services (NMS) for any such works.  NMS have a role in advising on the protection applying to any particular monument or place under the National Monuments Acts.