Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all artefacts available to the National Museum are on public display; the extent to which such items are kept in storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4837/08]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Since the National Museum of Ireland became an autonomous statutory body under the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 on 3rd May 2005, the Board of the National Museum is statutorily responsible for operational matters concerning its collection and I, as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, do not have a statutory function in respect of operational matters.