asked the Minister for Education the number of valuable paintings at present stored in the basement of the National Gallery; their approximate value; and whether it would be possible to loan them out to other galleries in the event of space not being available to hang them in the National Gallery.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Gallery Paintings.
53.
I am informed that the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland are not in a position to provide detailed information regarding the number and value of paintings stored in the gallery since the situation is constantly fluctuating due to the changing of collections in the gallery and loans to outside exhibitions.
The governors and guardians of the gallery are willing to lend pictures from the gallery to museums and galleries in provincial towns which are properly constituted and where there is evidence that normal requirements in regard to the supervision, security and care of the pictures can be satisfactorily complied with.
Question No. 54 postponed.