Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, culture as well as sport. Tourism is important and Irish culture and art should be a part of the tourism product. We should be in a position where we and our Ministers can go abroad and promote the tourism of art, as well as the tourism of culture, in this country. Let us be frank, the gentleman is eminently qualified. I respectfully suggest that even if he never had the board position that he would be eminently qualified to contest the election on the culture and education panel. The debate has brought a lot of clarity and put the issue to bed once and for all for which I thank the Minister.