asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the setting up of a news service in the United States to aid in the dissemination of Irish news in the United States and Canada and if the Government are giving assistance to such a project.
Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Establishment of News Service.
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I have seen recent press reports in regard to this matter. Government assistance for this project has not been requested and such assistance is not under consideration.
May I ask the Minister if he has considered at all the possibility of a national news agency?
The Taoiseach dealt with that in the Dáil about two weeks ago.
The Minister is so much involved in the EEC that he does not know.
No. I answer questions about these things when I am abroad, not at home.
When you are abroad.
We were abroad at the same time and the Deputy could have asked me.