Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
3011. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to mark the first annual national Famine commemoration with a plaque at the Customs House at which the first of the now 12 annual national Famine commemorations was held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31866/19]
View answer3021. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a memorial stone will be placed at the Custom House following the 2008 Famine commemoration event, as per the practice at other similar events in other years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32451/19]
View answer3031. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to install a memorial stone for the famine at the Custom House in view of the fact the inaugural national Famine Memorial Day was held there in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33250/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 3011, 3021 and 3031 together.
The practice of commissioning a commemorative plaque to mark the holding of the National Famine Commemoration was introduced in 2009 when the first Commemoration in the current format was held in Skibbereen Co. Cork.
I am advised that my officials are continuing to engage with the Office of Public Works and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the placing of a suitable plaque or stone at the Customs House in respect of the 2008 event.
