Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 June 2012
449 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider transferring the bell and wheel from the Asgard 2 to the Arklow Maritime Museum, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27410/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised that the wheel, compass and binnacle salvaged from the Asgard II are in the possession of the National Museum of Ireland, having been transferred from the Department of Defence in February 2012. While I do not have a statutory function in respect of such operational matters, I am advised by the Museum that these objects can be made available for display should a suitable location for their exhibition, which fulfils the Museum’s standard loan conditions, become available. Full details of these loan conditions are available on the Museum’s website www.museum.ie. The Museum also advises that the whereabouts of the bell from the Asgard II are not known.
