I would like to speak again about the Book of Kells today. Senator Norris is not in the Chamber, which is a shame, but I thank the people from all over Ireland and abroad who contacted me about the book when I spoke about it in the Chamber on the last occasion. The question everyone was asking was who owns the Book of Kells. Is it the Irish people or Trinity College Dublin? I saw a sign this morning when coming through the Phoenix Park which said "Our shared heritage". The people of Kells and Meath were robbed of their heritage down through the years when it came to the Book of Kells. In April 2000, one of the gospels was damaged when it was brought to Canberra in Australia. While my late father and friends in Kells-----

We want the Cross of Cong back.

Yes, we want one of the volumes back.

No, we want the Cross of Cong back in Roscommon.

Good people such as John Bruton, John Farrelly and Brian Curran, town councillors and county councillors, were fighting to get one of the volumes back to Kells to the new heritage centre. The book could be brought around the world, but the peasants in Meath and Kells were not getting any volumes. If we are serious about the Ancient East tourism trail, the people of Meath and Kells want one of the volumes. Even if it was only on loan for three months of the season, it would be lovely. Tourists could visit the Boyne Valley, Tara, the Cross of Kells, the Book of Kells, Loughcrew and then go to Trim Castle and back to Dublin.

It could be stolen.

It would not be stolen, I assure the House. It would be well minded. I will ask the Minister who owns the Book of Kells, and I will do so during Commencement Matters, because the only way I can see this problem being solved for the people of Kells, Meath and Ireland is through the courts.