Commemorative Events

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Questions (943)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Question:

943. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the national Famine commemoration will proceed in Buncrana, County Donegal in 2021; and if so, the consultation that will take place with local stakeholders in the county and the north-west cross-Border region ahead of the event, reflecting the large number that emigrated from Derry port at that time and in the decades that followed. [12095/20]

Written answers

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

I would refer the Deputy to my response to Dáil Question No. 1272 of 3 June 2020 in which I confirmed that the National Famine Commemoration Day is due to be held in May 2021, in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

As in previous years’, a Steering Committee will be set up by the local authority, to engage with the local community and other stakeholders to ensure that the history of the Great Famine in the area is reflected in the commemoration.