Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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128. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of Michael Collins in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Annual commemorations to acknowledge the service and achievement of Michael Collins take place each August. Special commemorative initiatives marked the 90^th anniversary (in 2012) of his death. While I expect that there will be community based initiatives to mark the 125^th anniversary of the birth of General Collins, official commemoratives initiatives would look towards 100^th and 150^th anniversaries.

I would be very pleased to hear from groups in relation to any plans under development for 2015 and to consider how they might be assisted.