Vol. 497 No. 2
89 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she has given positive consideration to a proposal from the Pioneer and Total Abstinence Association to have a commemorative stamp introduced for its 1999 centenary year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24387/98]
The subjects for the annual programme of special and commemorative stamps are selected by the philatelic advisory committee of An Post after very wide consultation, and are then approved by the board of the company and by the Government. In order to allow sufficient time for design, printing and publicity, each annual stamp programme must be finalised well before the year of issue.
The centenary of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association was one of many worthy suggestions put forward for inclusion in the 1999 programme, but which was not selected by the philatelic advisory committee.
