559 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the existence of the Brú na Bóinne consultative committee; the reason his Department officials appear no longer willing to work as part of the committee; the reason an interdepartmental committee was established in 2006 at the behest of his Department to examine the workings of the committee, but refused to have any contact with the committee or to inform it, in any way, of its ongoing deliberations; the reason actions which are part of the Brú na Bóinne world heritage site management plan which could be beneficial to the local population appear to have received little or no action, while progress is recorded on those actions considered beneficial to State bodies; the reason for the impasse for the signage in the world heritage site area where his officials appear determined to relocate the town land of Newgrange to the south side of the River Boyne, as opposed to its actual location on the north side; when the revised signage, indicating where Newgrange actually is, will be in place; the reason four years into a five year management plan, there is still no indication on the ground that a world heritage site actually exists at the bend of the Boyne; the reason officials of his Department have determined, and pursued as a departmental objective, that no development is to be allowed within the core area and buffer zones of the world heritage site, an action totally at variance with best practice in almost all other world heritage sites internationally; and the reason the consultative committee are denied any information on State developments relating to the Battle of the Boyne site, which is located within the buffer zone of the world heritage site. [7506/07]

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559 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the existence of the Brú na Bóinne consultative committee; the reason his Department officials appear no longer willing to work as part of the committee; the reason an interdepartmental committee was established in 2006 at the behest of his Department to examine the workings of the committee, but refused to have any contact with the committee or to inform it, in any way, of its ongoing deliberations; the reason actions which are part of the Brú na Bóinne world heritage site management plan which could be beneficial to the local population appear to have received little or no action, while progress is recorded on those actions considered beneficial to State bodies; the reason for the impasse for the signage in the world heritage site area where his officials appear determined to relocate the town land of Newgrange to the south side of the River Boyne, as opposed to its actual location on the north side; when the revised signage, indicating where Newgrange actually is, will be in place; the reason four years into a five year management plan, there is still no indication on the ground that a world heritage site actually exists at the bend of the Boyne; the reason officials of his Department have determined, and pursued as a departmental objective, that no development is to be allowed within the core area and buffer zones of the world heritage site, an action totally at variance with best practice in almost all other world heritage sites internationally; and the reason the consultative committee are denied any information on State developments relating to the Battle of the Boyne site, which is located within the buffer zone of the world heritage site. [7506/07]

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