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

The first meeting of the First Dáil, the lasting effect of which we are still talking about almost 100 years later, was organised in less than two months. The timescale was even shorter than I thought it was when I raised this matter with the Minister previously. It seems extraordinary that the venture now coming on stream was announced in February 2014, which was almost four and a half years ago. I will repeat the simple and plain question I have already asked. Does the ten-year period for which this venue is being made available start in 2018, or are we still working on the basis that it started in 2014? If there are just five and a half years to go, we have spent nearly half of the time getting the first exhibition going.

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