Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not the intention to buy it. The Government has put forward very substantial moneys for the improvement of the mezzanine interpretive centre in the GPO, another €5 million for Kilmainham courthouse and another €5 million for the development of the military archives. We have had purchase of Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and many other issues in respect of 1916.

This is an important letter, but the estimated cost is very high. All the issues surrounding the 1916 centenary commemorations have been accepted and participated in by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country. This letter has been in private ownership for some time and is now offered for sale, but it is not the intention of the Minister to purchase it.

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