Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 June 2021
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking in response to the need for accelerated archaeological studies of Doon Point, County Kerry which is under threat from coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/21]
View answerThe archaeological excavations at Doon Point were carried out by the CHERISH Project Team- CHERISH (Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headland) is a 6 year European funded Ireland-Wales project. The excavations were carried out under an excavation licence granted by my Department and NMS Archaeologists inspected the excavations while they were taking place. I look forward to receiving the report of these excavations in due course and to the results of the excavations and analysis feeding into policy development to better protection of coastal heritage.
Representatives of the NMS are on the relevant CHERISH Advisory Committee and CHERISH representatives sit on my Department’s Climate Change Planning Team which is overseeing delivery of the Sectoral Adaptation Plan for Built and Archaeological Heritage through the formulation and implementation of measures designed to better understand the impact of climate change on vulnerable heritage.
