asked the Minister for Finance if the Government still propose to accommodate any portion of the National Museum, including the original proposal for a national folk museum on the site of the Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin and if so, if he will make a statement on the matter.

Following the Government decision in September 1978 to provide a conference centre at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, for current and prospective EEC and other international requirements, it is not proposed to accommodate any portion of the National Museum at this location.

Question No. 4 has been postponed.