Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What are we going to do? We need a recommendation. When the Seamus Ennis centre was set up in Dublin, it gave classes on the uilleann pipes and manufacturing them. Many of the traditions are dying out but Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, CCE, has kept alive the traditions of music and making the instruments. There are many houses waiting for another CCE to happen. I know one in particular. There was more funding in the good old days than now. Has CCE stopped the programme in which the community worked with it on the ground? There are buildings that perhaps it could move into at very little cost. They might need a little refurbishment but it could work with local authorities on that.

I am a member of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly, BIPA. I think it is the best thing that ever happened. It is great that for the first time, CCE and the Fleadh are going north of the Border. I congratulate it. I will make everyone on the BIPA aware that everyone there should attend in whatever capacity they want. I have attended and enjoyed the Fleadh in the past and hope to do so again in the future.