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Easter Rising Commemorations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2016

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Questions (511)

Dominic Hannigan

Question:

511. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rules and guidelines on how invitations will be issued to potential guests at the 1916 Commemoration Events, including those which apply to special guests, such as relations of those who are being commemorated. [2926/16]

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I, together with my Government colleagues, am committed to ensuring that the commemorations to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising will be inclusive, appropriate and respectful. Over the past year, I have met with a number of relatives, including representatives of relatives’ groups and individual relatives, to highlight the important role that they will have in the plans to commemorate the centenary of the events of Easter 1916.

In relation to representation at State ceremonial events, each event has its own unique and special focus, which will have a bearing on the relevant guest list. In this regard, officials in my Department have been liaising with the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Defence, and other relevant interests, including the 1916 Relatives Association, in relation to the issuing of invitations to the State ceremonial events to ensure appropriate representation from State, civic and wider interests. In this regard, relatives of participants in the Rising who were interested in attending any of the upcoming State ceremonial events were asked to register their details with the Department of Defence.

Those who fought and those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising will be represented at each of the State events by their family members or next of kin living today to the greatest extent possible, within the constraints presented by the size and capacity of the venues and numbers of guests that each venue can accommodate.

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