Departmental Funding
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-18
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David Stanton (FG), Cork East

The poet laureate of the Canadian Parliament recently visited the Oireachtas at the invitation of the Centre for Canadian Studies at UCD. She came to the House and I interacted with her outside the House as well. I was struck by the value and importance of poetry, and the fact that they have a poet laureate in Canada. I thought perhaps we should consider having one here as well, so I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle about it. I am interested to know what the Department and the Minister is doing to support poetry in Ireland at the moment.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-18