Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 September 2014
204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total cost of his Department and those under the aegis for the storage of records and archives that are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; if he will provide this cost for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35421/14]
View answerMy Department has a contract with a records management company for storage and retrieval of the Department’s inactive records, incorporating ordinary storage, high security storage and multimedia storage, along with retrieval services for these records.
The cost of the storage of Departmental records is met by the Office of Public Works and the cost in 2012 and 2013 was €62,280 and €59,806 respectively.
I understand that the bodies under the aegis of my Department, including the HSE, are not scheduled under the National Archives Act, 1986.
