Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan. Before calling on him to speak I welcome Marie Heaney, wife of Seamus Heaney, Professor Brendan Kennelly, Fr. Conor Harper, Professor Terence Browne, Mr. Emmet Kearns and Mr. David Hanly for this very important debate on the life of Seamus Heaney.