Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 25 July 2023 (details supplied), how many records relating to this matter have been withheld in total; how many by year; and when the last review of such files took place. [37394/23]
View answer3. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach if all of the Attorney General’s records relating to a constitutional action (details supplied) have been transferred to the national archives. [37504/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 3 together.
Records withheld by the Office of the Attorney General under section 8(4) of the National Archives Act 1986, as amended, are not categorised in accordance with the class/type of case identified by Deputy Costello in Question No. 7 of 25 July 2023 and, therefore, the specific data requested is not available. All such records are, however, subject to review every five years.
In relation to Question No. 3, I am advised that records relating to the matter referred to by the Deputy are being considered by the Office of the Attorney General, as part of its 2023 transfer programme, for transfer to the National Archives at the end of 2023.
