John Bruton
Ceist:39 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands when she will make a decision on whether to decommission 10 million ECUs of EU Structural Funds allocated for the development of the National Gallery in accordance with a statement by the Minister for Finance in Dáil Éireann on 19 November 1997; the policy considerations that will influence her in making the decision on whether to decommitt these funds; the implications of such decommitting; the correspondence, if any, she has had with the European Commission in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22749/97]