Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is a very good suggestion. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, and his Department have done a great deal of work on this. There is also a committee working on it. The suggestion that the House have a discussion on commemoration of 1916 and, indeed, the period of commemorations to put it in context is very worthwhile. I will ask the Government Chief Whip to discuss with the party Whips how that might be arranged.

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