Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding allocated to the Natural History Museum for 2005; the funding allocated for each year since 2000; if additional funding will be allocated for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I have provided the following funding to the National Museum of Ireland:

The apportionment of this funding between the various constituent museums and sections of the National Museum of Ireland is an operational matter for that body. Funding for the National Museum of Ireland in 2006 will not be known until the Estimates process is completed.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all artefacts or items of historical significance are currently on display in the National Museum or other museums here; if any such items are still in storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28544/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The national collecting cultural institutions — the National Archives, National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Chester Beatty Library — are charged with conserving and displaying the national collections. As collecting institutions these bodies will always have some material in storage. Indeed as the national collections increase in size, through acquisitions and so forth, the need for expanded storage facilities will increase. Since 1997, the display facilities available to the main collecting institutions have been expanded significantly. In the context of new exhibitions, routinely, items in storage are placed on display and items on display are placed in storage.