Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. This is the first discussion we have had in the Dáil on this important issue since the Christmas recess. By his own account the Minister found out about the crisis of confidence in the city of culture committee in the media as this occurred during the holiday period. Surely he had been in touch on a regular basis in the run in to the launch in Limerick. He is the Minister and he should provide leadership. Is he confident that the outstanding issues have been resolved to everyone's satisfaction, most of all those community-based arts and drama groups which have been working incredibly hard to ensure Limerick can justifiably take a bow and proclaim itself the city of culture for 2014?

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