Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the proposed sale of a letter from Pádraig Pearse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37213/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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There exist a number of historically important original documents in the possession of the State written by Pádraig Pearse during the 1916 Rising and during his subsequent imprisonment. Following consultation with the relevant institutions under the aegis of my Department, it is a shared view that the amount being sought for this one letter – between €1m and €1.5m - was not justifiable in terms of expenditure of public monies and in the context of historical material already held.