Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

For my own part, the National Museum is such an important part of Irish life. It is educational, inspiring and central to how we understand ourselves as a people. This is why I feel it is useful for us to focus on trying to reform and fix it and make sure it is more accessible to the general public. I take completely Ms Heaney's point that the new board is voluntary and has an enormous task and I wish the museum great luck with that task over the next number of years. Perhaps in about six months to a year we could have a discussion to see how the issues that have been outlined in the reports are being implemented.