Vol. 499 No. 4
67 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the number and location of heritage projects her Department envisages to commemorate the millennium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2773/99]
The Deputy will be aware that the Taoiseach has established a National Millennium Committee under the chairmanship of Minister Seamus Brennan and this committee will have the role of advising Government on appropriate projects and initiatives to celebrate the millennium.
For my own part I have already launched the Ceoil Reoite: Frozen Music millennium project which involves the commissioning of a number of distinguished Irish musicians to compose a signature tune for a selected list of national monuments and historic properties.
I am also considering a number of other special once off heritage and cultural projects to commemorate the millennium including the hosting of a national heritage week in 2000 in celebration of the millennia of our natural and built heritage. I will be supplying details of these projects to the National Millennium Committee in due course.
