Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reveal the whereabouts of a statue (details supplied) which was taken from the Botanic Gardens for cleaning some years ago and never returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17715/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The statue in question is now located in Farmleigh House. It was originally purchased by the Guinness family for Iveagh House in the middle of the last century. It was transferred to the National Botanic Gardens in the late 1930s where it was subjected to vandalism and was ultimately stored indoors in plastic wrapping. It has been cleaned, restored and is now on display indoors in Farmleigh, which is a house associated with the Guinness family.