Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Department has been very active in helping to co-ordinate the events commemorating the flight of the earls, which runs to April. Obviously there are people in my Department already engaged in activity for 2016. A cross-departmental group is being co-ordinated by my own officials, who also helped out the group commemorating Admiral Brown. Every year a number of smaller groups look for grants. To the best of my knowledge, the flight of the earls commemoration does not end until the summer and my officials are involved in that and in commemorating 2016. I do not think there is any other event, but I am subject to correction.

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