Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To be clear, we did not enter into this court case. We did not take a court case. We defended a court case and we had to do so. I decided that it was in the public's interest to defend the court case.

The National Museum already has two letters written by Pearse that are historically important and the National Library has one copy. The National Museum has a surrender document that was signed by Pádraig Pearse, James Connolly and Thomas McDonagh during Easter Week 1916. The item is on loan from the Imperial War Museum. There is the 1916 Rising Orders for Enniscorthy Volunteers that was given by Commandant General P. H. Pearse in Arbour Hill on Sunday, 30th, and the original of the draft of Pádraig Pearse's order for the surrender of Republican Forces dated 29 April 1916. A number of different items of correspondence are held at the National Museum. Also, in the National Library there is a signed draft of Pádraig Pearse's of an instrument to open surrender negotiations. There are a lot of items.