Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the ongoing expense of curating and maintaining an art collection and in view of Anglo Irish Bank's intention to donate its art collection to the public and the substantial State support provided to the banks, if he will direct or request AIB to donate its significant art collection to the Museum of Modern Art. [14041/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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AIB has always had an active policy of lending pieces, on request, to galleries across Ireland for exhibitions. In the last two years, AIB has stepped up this lending programme with the objective of bringing the collection to a wider audience and supporting the arts in the communities. In addition it has encouraged and supported the educational element of these exhibitions.

AIB is actively engaged with my Department to review this lending policy and explore other means by which the public might have greater access to the collection.