Custom House as National Museum headquarters
Quinn asks whether the whole National Museum might move to the Custom House; the Tánaiste says it remains an option after collections are rehoused, for a future Government to decide.
The Tánaiste may recall that on previous occasions the Taoiseach said that he would consider a proposal in the long term that the Custom House would become the headquarters for the National Museum. Have there been any developments in that respect? The proposal, in essence, would mean the transfer of the entire National Museum to the Custom House. Of course, I do not want to get rid of the Minister for the Environment——
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That option is still open and there will be sufficient space to do what Deputy Quinn mentioned. We can proceed, stage by stage, in the matter. We can first deal with the situation which Deputy Enright mentioned regarding the bad condition of particular collections and rehouse them. Ultimately, the option mentioned by Deputy Quinn will be open to whatever Government are in office to make that decision.