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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 4 Jul 1973

Vol. 267 No. 2

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commemorative Postage Stamps.

65.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of new postage stamps it is proposed to issue over the next two years; and the persons or events they are intended to commemorate.

I assume the Deputy is referring to special or commemorative stamps. Up to the end of 1974, it is intended to issue 11 such stamps. The programme for 1975 will not be settled until next year.

In the remainder of 1973, stamps will be issued on the following themes:

Contemporary Irish Art; Centenary of the founding of the World Meteorological Organisation; World Ploughing Championships in Wexford; Christmas.

The programme for 1974 comprises the issue of stamps on the following themes:

Centenary of the Universal Postal Union; Centenary of the Irish Rugby Football Union; 150th Anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; 200th Anniversary of the death of Oliver Goldsmith; Europa— Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations; Contemporary Irish Art; Christmas.

Does the Minister intend to adopt the policy enunciated by his colleague the Minister for Finance last night when he spoke on the Adjournment and said that in future no public buildings——

I do not think a matter of this kind should be inserted into Question Time.

Does the Minister not feel that the inclusion of the rugby commemoration which he has mentioned could be construed by some as apartheid and that if he ventures into this field it might offend the aesthetic sense——

(Interruptions.)

This is an abuse of Question Time.

I find a connection, a distinct connection.

I should say that no proposals were put before me for any such commemorations as are referred to by the Deputy and if proposals are put before me I will consider them. I do not know whether the Deputy has anything in mind for 1974.

Fiftieth anniversaries of important events.

Unspecified important events.

I can specify them— events you might not wish to commemorate.

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