Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by groups (details supplied) regarding the use of the Garden of Remembrance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36226/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Garden of Remembrance is dedicated to the memory of those people who gave their lives for Irish freedom. Consequently it is a particularly sensitive site and events there are arranged in consultations with the Protocol section of the Department of the Taoiseach and confined, almost exclusively, to State ceremonials. In the circumstances, I am sure the deputy will appreciate that it would be inappropriate to make this national memorial site available as a venue for public events generally, given its special significance.