Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts being made to keep a document (details supplied) within the ownership of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38598/16]

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 the individual, referred to by the Deputy. Following consultation with the relevant institutions under the aegis of my Department, it is a shared view that the amount being sought for this document – between €1m and €1.5m - was not justifiable in terms of expenditure of public moneys and in the context of historical material already held.