Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha."

Given the major and seemingly insatiable public interest in the various 1916 commemorations which we have seen, organised throughout the country and abroad by local and national organisations, by parties and by the Government, it would be appropriate that we would designate a day annually as "Lá na Poblachta" on 24 April to honour the ideals of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Events would be organised on that day throughout the Thirty-two Counties and it would be designated a public holiday to help facilitate public participation in those events.

The acceptance of my Bill would also encourage the study of the Proclamation and the ideals contained within it and of citizenship. It would also mean helping and encouraging the study of that period as a whole. It would be appropriate, given the year we have had, that 24 April 1916 be remembered on this day, the day the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was read at the GPO 100 years ago.

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