Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence when the committee to consider plans for appropriate commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 2016 will be convened; the reason for the delay in convening a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35899/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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A meeting of the Oireachtas Consultation Group is being arranged for an early date. I am very grateful for the nominations by party leaders of Deputies Jimmy Deenihan, Joe Costello and Aengus Ó Snodaigh as representatives. A representative of the independent members will be added to complete the Group. The inaugural meeting of the re-constituted group will be informed of progress on current heritage projects related to the Independence period and the consideration towards a framework for the Centenary commemorative programme.