Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the establishment of the National Museum of Ireland as an autonomous national cultural institution under the provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14958/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the establishment of the National Library of Ireland as an autonomous national cultural institution under the provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14964/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 108 together.

I am pleased to inform the Deputies that the National Museum of Ireland and National Library of Ireland became independent, non-commercial semi-state bodies under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997, with effect from Tuesday, 3 May 2005.