Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am aware that the Minister has already answered a number of questions on the 1916 Commemoration and I do not want to be repetitive. My question relates to the budget allocation for all the activities around the commemoration. The Department has earmarked €26 million, €22 million of which is to be spent on capital projects. How far along the road is the Minister with the expenditure? Does she have concerns about the risk of overruns in the budget? It seems a very ambitious capital programme for the amount of resources allocated and I would be interested to hear the Minister's views on it.

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