Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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972. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she will continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the national image at home and abroad with particular reference to the need to generate increased interest in such matters amongst young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27891/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to the answer I gave him on the 2 May last. The position has not changed in the interim. My Department will continue to support a broad range of programmes and initiatives across its remit to promote Ireland’s national image, including under the recently published Creative Ireland Programme and Action Plan for Rural Development. In addition, the Department’s Culture Ireland programme in particular continues to promote Irish culture on the world stage.