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

I thank the Minister for his answer and acknowledge that he has a calendar of events to mark the centenary of 1916 which includes a number of capital projects for completion by Easter 2016. Does the Minister agree that funding needs to be made available to local authorities to ensure that communities across Ireland play a central role in commemorating 1916? It is essential that with under two years to go people in organisations are equipped and resourced to play a full part in these important centenary celebrations.

Has the Minister engaged with his Assembly counterpart, the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Carál Ní Chuilín, to discuss expanding the planned 1916 centenary events to ensure that they are all-Ireland in nature?

See this speech in context