Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 576: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to ensure that all political parties and all interested parties are involved in the planning of State commemorations over the next few years; including that of the 1916 Rising, 1913 lock-out and the First World War; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39704/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I hope to convene a meeting of the All Party Oireachtas Consultation Group on the Centenary of the Rising in the coming weeks. The work of the Group to date has been addressed towards the re-instatement of the annual military commemorations in Dublin at Easter, the review of current conservation and development projects and a consideration of outline arrangements for a commemorative framework to be implemented in the anniversary period. I look forward to working with the Group in the coming months with a view towards a comprehensive commemorative programme to be implemented across the anniversary period, centred on official initiatives but also including academic, community, diaspora and commercial initiatives and addressing the principal events of social, cultural, political and military history.