Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if consultation has taken place or is planned on the draft legislation to amalgamate the cultural institutions; when draft legislation will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32291/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 597 [29577/09], on 9 July 2009. The work required to progress to the decisions to combine the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery, while reinforcing their separate brand identities, and to merge the National Archives, the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the National Library, could include amendment of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997, the National Archives Act 1986 and the National Gallery Acts 1854 to 1963 and the creation of new legislative or administrative provisions. The Department is working apace on these matters.