PQ 110
110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has a record of correspondence with French authorities regarding the 1948 repatriation of the remains of William Butler Yeats from Roquebrune-Cap-Martin to Ireland; whether her Department is aware of diplomatic correspondence released in 2015 raising doubts as to whether the remains repatriated were those of the poet; whether her Department has had contact with French authorities regarding the preservation or release of surviving records relating to this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54023/26]
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110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has a record of correspondence with French authorities regarding the 1948 repatriation of the remains of William Butler Yeats from Roquebrune-Cap-Martin to Ireland; whether her Department is aware of diplomatic correspondence released in 2015 raising doubts as to whether the remains repatriated were those of the poet; whether her Department has had contact with French authorities regarding the preservation or release of surviving records relating to this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54023/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-07-15/110/
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