Mr. Michael O'Keeffe:

Creative Ireland followed some of the programming and support given to the 1916 commemoration. We were keen to have an active role in that and we have been invited to join the interdepartmental group. There has been only one meeting on that. My colleague, who represents us on that, is not with us today. I will give the Deputy something more concrete later. My colleague has attended several meetings and will be in a better position to give us information.

In response to Senator Leyden, unfortunately, because of our contractual relationship with Irish TV, there was no requirement to archive its material. It would keep it only for a certain period and then dispense with it.