949. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reconsider favourably a request for funding by the Patrick Kavanagh Centre in Inniskeen, County Monaghan to help defray costs involved in organising the Brian Boru ceremony some time ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46467/15]

My Department has not received an application for funding from the Patrick Kavanagh Centre. However, it has received correspondence from a local group involved in an event commemorating Brian Ború, which used the facilities at the Centre for that purpose. My Department is dealing directly with the organisers from that group in relation to its request for funding.