Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any funding is available to republish the self tour guide Exploring Maynooth for Maynooth, County Kildare which has since gone out of print but is in popular local demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27376/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy can appreciate fiscal support for the heritage sector is a matter of competing priorities in these challenging times. Funding allocated to my Department for heritage programmes is fully committed for 2013.

I am advised that the booklet was originally published by Maynooth local history group in 2000 with funding from a programme then operated by the Department of Agriculture - the precursor of the current LEADER programme.

Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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490. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will advise on the funding opportunities that are open to a local cultural facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27392/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Although welcoming further commemorations that might contribute towards an informed appreciation this historic figure's very significant contribution to the independence movement and the Irish State, this particular proposal appears primarily to be a commercial venture for which I am unable to provide financial support.