Fiach MacConghail (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Government on making a decision to develop and consult widely on a national cultural policy. It is the first time that any Government has done so. I applaud the former Minister, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, and the current Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, for setting up a consultative process to develop, for the first time, a national cultural policy. However, this has been undermined extraordinarily by the actions over the past week, particularly the appointments to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.