Departmental Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 December 2023

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Questions (131)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the date on which a trial commenced giving academics access to the Land Commission records on a case-by-case basis; the number of academics that have requested access; and the number that have been granted access on a monthly basis since the trial began. [53954/23]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Officials in the Records Branch inform me that the decision to grant academics access to Land Commission Records on a case by case basis was taken in or around November 2022.

I am informed that there have been nine requests for access since that time and all nine have been granted. However, only six of the nine academics accepted the invite to attend Records Branch.