Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I ask for help from the Acting Chairman on this point. In all of my time in the Dáil I have never had a question censored in such a way as to fundamentally alter its meaning. This is a question about a programme which has been in existence as a virtual museum for a number of years. I asked if the Minister had plans to find a permanent home for the Women's Museum of Ireland. She has told us about pop-ups. Pop-ups are great and I attended the functions to which the Minister referred. I commend her on the pop-ups, but a pop-up is not a permanent exhibition, of the kind to which we are accustomed in celebrating the activities of men in the history, culture and arts of the country. I would like the Minister to explain why my question was censored and edited in the way it was. If there was a problem with it, the normal courtesy in this House is to contact the Member to tell him or her that there is a problem and suggest rephrasing may be necessary. I am used to that happening and also have questions transferred to other Ministers. This is important as it silences the issue related to the Women's Museum of Ireland. That is the question to which I am, respectfully, asking the Minister to respond.

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