Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the upper two levels of the National Museum will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39033/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Whilst my Department provides funding to National Museum of Ireland, the board of that institution is responsible for all operational matters and I have no direct function in that regard.

A programme of capital refurbishment works was completed in 2010 to facilitate the reopening of the Natural History Museum. There is currently a management system in place to facilitate controlled supervised access to the historic balconies and the Museum, my Department and the OPW continue to explore the potential of providing further enhanced access to the upper levels in the Natural History Museum at a reasonable cost.