Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know that the Minister of State is only reading the answer but, for his benefit, the question asked the Minister "to outline the Government's plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Thomas Ashe and to state the budget allocation for the commemorations". The last few lines of the Minister of State's reply stated: "In terms of funding for commemorations, the Department is currently considering the funding breakdown" and so on. Therefore, there was no answer to the question, although there are only nine months to go. The reply also referred to the Oireachtas all-party consultation group on commemorations but that group has not met since January this year.

I thank the Minister of State for attending the House and I know the reply he was given is the only one he can provide. In light of the fact that the centenary is only nine months away, however, I would have hoped to get an answer to my question.