Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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349. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will endeavour to purchase one of Padraic Pearse's signed 1916 surrender letters which will be sold at auction in Dublin by a private collector in November 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28577/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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It is a long standing policy of the State not to comment one way or another on its interest or otherwise in items that may be coming up for auction.