Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When I was a Minister and a draft reply was telling a Deputy what he already knew, I put a line through it and said it was not what the Deputy was asking about. I said the Deputy was looking for information and was entitled to get it in the House. I am not blaming the Minister but just giving him a little bit of advice for when he moves to his new Department. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, no more than myself, and Deputies Peadar Tóibín and Joan Burton were on the committee. We know all about the committee and the report. As we actually were involved in writing the report, giving us a long spiel about what was in it and what the committee did and did not do is dodging the issue.

I accept that the Minister set up a new committee but what we want to know is whether the Government has accepted the recommendations in the report. What will it do about them? Will the Minister bring a memo to the Cabinet to have a formal decision endorsing the report? Is it intended to transfer responsibility for 14-17 Moore Street, the national monument, from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the OPW?

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