Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They read very positive messages from Ireland and they are very proud of that. They realise that if the economy is going well in this country that it is good for them. They are very interested in the commemorations as well. Everyone will be able to connect with the international programme.

When I was Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht I was involved in the creation of a new website,www.inspiringireland.ie. I was delighted that the website got an e-Government award. It will be the platform for the cultural institutions. The next major project will be the commemoration of 1916. The offering for our diaspora will be available through www.inspiringireland.ie. All of the cultural institutions will work together to put the content on the site, which will be driven by Sandra Collins of the Digital Repository of Ireland in conjunction with an expert group. It will be the place to go if one wants to get information on 1916. As Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora I will continue the work in which I was involved in the creation of the site with the 1916 commemoration project onwww.inspiringireland.ie. I am very excited about that as well. Modern technology will give a platform to 1916 all over the world and the place to go will be www.inspiringireland.ie, which will also popularise that particular site.