John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the design and production of the brass plaque which was to be mounted on an internal wall of Leinster House 2000; if the piece is now in storage; if the project has been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/11]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The cost of design and production of a bronze sheet of signatories to Dáil Eireann was €51,000 in 2002. This original bronze sheet was dismantled by the OPW.

It was decided at the time that due to difficulties in relation to obtaining the signature of each Member of Dáil Eireann since its formation, the project was more suited to digital media and that it would not be continued in bronze format. All of the research undertaken on the signatories was passed to Leinster House research staff who were engaged in a separate project on the history of Leinster House.