HC Deb 07 July 1988 vol 136 cc721-2W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans currently exist to enhance Navan fort as a tourist attraction.

Mr. Needham

In 1986 various interests including DOE (Northern Ireland) came together to form the Navan fort initiative group, under the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor of Queen's University, to consider the best future for Navan and its area. With help from the International Fund and Northern Ireland Tourist Board the group has commissioned a feasibility study, to be completed shortly. This will consider all aspects—economic, social, tourism, academic, physical, financial—and suggest ways of developing and managing the monument and area.