Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that a fundraising event was held in the Irish consulate in New York in May 2012 for the redevelopment of the Irish Jewish Museum; the date of that event; the person who organised same; on whose request was it organised; the number that attended; the costs that were covered by the Irish State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38331/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Irish Jewish Museum records and presents the history and culture of Ireland's small but significant Jewish community and their contribution to Ireland's history and heritage. My Department has been liaising with the Museum for a number of years in regard to its efforts to build support and generate funding abroad. A group from the Museum visited New York in May 2012 in order to establish contacts and raise the profile of the Museum among New York's Jewish and Irish Communities. The Deputy Consul General of Ireland in New York hosted a networking reception for the group, at their request, on 21 May 2012. The reception took place at a cost of US$2,400 in the Consulate General premises. It was attended by 100 guests drawn from the Irish and Jewish communities, including prominent members of several New York Jewish congregations, representatives from Jewish organisations in New York and a wide group of the Consulate's community, press and cultural contacts. The event was a successful part of the public diplomacy activity of the Department, helping to broaden the Consulate's outreach and to project to the New York Jewish Community a little known, but very positive, aspect of Irish-Jewish relations.