Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

I congratulate the Minister on appointing Judge Bryan McMahon to chair the Abbey Theatre. It is a great honour for Listowel and Kerry. Will the Minister confirm if a price has been put on the existing Abbey Theatre building? The Minister cannot say definitively what the new building will cost but there have been suggestions that it will be €150 million. Can the Minister confirm if it is envisaged that the new building will cost that amount? It appears exorbitant.

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