696. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the risk posed by the proposed development adjoining Dún Dealgan to the monument, its visual setting, associated archaeology and wider historic and mythological landscape. [64784/26]

Dún Dealgan is a national monument in Ministerial guardianship and therefore has a high level of protection under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014.

Planning, including the granting of planning permission, is a matter for the respective planning authority and An Coimisiún Pleanála. The National Monuments Service of my Department made observations under the Planning Regulations. It now a matter for An Coimisiún Pleanála to consider these further.