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

The commemorations will be of major significance in the next number of years. The National Museum of Ireland, along with all the national cultural institutions, will have a major role to play in how we tell the story and commemorate it properly. The Department is developing specific proposals for a co-ordinated, cross-governmental commemorative programme for 2020 and indicative plans for the remainder of the decade of centenaries. The work will continue to be informed and supported by the expert advisory group, with which the Deputy will be familiar, on the centenary commemorations. It will also be developed in consultation with the all-party consultation group on commemorations. I hope to be in a position to give further details in respect of the programme in due course.

Building on the success of the commemorative programme to date, local authorities, our national cultural institutions, trade unions, the media, institutions of learning and custodians of records, together with creative communities, will have a leading role in supporting the national conversation about events during the period and encouraging respectful and authentic engagement, debate and analysis. There are plans for 2022, in particular, as the Deputy noted. The first phase of the permanent exhibition galleries will open in 2022 at the museum of decorative arts and history at Collins Barracks and will continue the period 1900 to 1922-----

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