Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I outlined, there are exhibitions running, including Sinéad McCoole's archival collection which I am sure the Deputy has seen and which is currently being exhibited in County Donegal. The best people to work on this issue are in the National Museum of Ireland and the Women's Museum of Ireland. I understand a former employee of the National Museum of Ireland and a member of its education team, Ms Holly Furlong, is on the board of the Women's Museum of Ireland. There is the opportunity to explore the possibility of organising a permanent exhibition. If there is to be a permanent place for women's effects, it is important that it be rolled out across the country. It should be brought around the country in order that students and others would be able to see 120 years of Irish history. This is something that is being considered by the museum. There should be a way to incorporate women's place in it in order that we are not airbrushed out of history. It is of importance to me that it be considered. Therefore, I take the Deputy's comments very seriously and thank her for raising the matter.

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