Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the advice he has received from the board of the National Library of Ireland in respect of its recent decision to suspend its heraldic services pending clarification of the legal basis under which the National Library of Ireland provides such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21419/07]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the legislative action he will take in relation to the sections of the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 in relation to the granting of arms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21420/07]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will bring forward new legislation in the form of a Genealogy and Heraldry Bill to provide a sound legal basis for the State's heraldic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 to 327, inclusive, together.

The Director of the National Library has recently written to my Department in relation to a number of legal matters pertaining to the Board of the Library. These matters are currently being examined by my Department.