Dr. Caroline Campbell:

When we have needed X-ray facilities, we have used our international partnerships. We have worked with our partners and, on one occasion, with the National Museum of Ireland. However, there are particular X-ray requirements for works of art, for paintings and drawings. The National Gallery of Ireland is going to be the only place on the island of Ireland that will have the facilities to do this. We are very keen to get the equipment up and running and to make the best benefit of it. One of the first projects we will work on is a study that we have already begun of our paintings by Jack B. Yeats, that have never been studied in this way before.