Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the role of the OPW. I understand the initiative is being headed by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht but the OPW will have a key role. It had a key role in regard to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, although the Minister of State's Department was not a direct line Department. I hope it will have at least as strong a role in these matters.

With regard to the previous question, we mentioned the medium-term expenditure plan for each Department. How much is allocated for the commemorations in the OPW medium-term expenditure plan on a year-by-year basis for the next three years? There must be a subheading. What is the outline?

The Minister of State mentioned the Garden of Remembrance. Are there plans to locate there a monument for children who were abused in institutions? Is everyone happy that it is the right location? I do not have a particular view on it and respect the people who are involved.

The OPW can play a key role. I am thinking of the declaration of the Moore Street area as a national monument and also of the GPO. Such locations should be central. We would not be here today without the people who were involved in the associated struggles.

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