I am very pleased about the treasure house in the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham. I would remind the Tánaiste that the Arts Council is the body who have statutory responsibility for the contemporary arts in Ireland, and if modern art does not come under contemporary arts, I do not know what does. It is a pity that this information has to be dragged out of the Government at Question Time.

By way of final supplementary on this, I would like to ask the Tánaiste how it is envisaged that the gallery will be staffed, out of what Department, and what are the estimated running costs of the gallery?

The latter point is a separate question; I will get the information for the Deputy.

It is a very important question.

If the Deputy wants to know who carries the ultimate responsibility, it is the Taoiseach of course.

These questions have been appearing on the Order Paper and were being removed from the Order Paper for a considerable length of time for the understandable reason that the Taoiseach has not been well, but it is not as if they suddenly came out of the blue. They have been around for some considerable time, so I should be able to expect complete answers today. I am aware that the Taoiseach is in charge of the arts area. I really want to know what Department will be staffing the new gallery and what Department will be funding the running of it?

It is the Taoiseach's Department. I thought that was self evident.