Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 December 2023
133. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish on a permanent basis a procedure in place for accessing the Land Commission records for academics. [53956/23]
View answerMy Officials in Records Branch inform me that currently requests for academic access to Irish Land Commission records are dealt with on a case-by-case basis and granted at the discretion of the Department.
There are no immediate plans to expand academic access to Irish Land Commission Records. My Department plans to procure specialist archival advice with a view to ascertaining how best to facilitate greater access to the records in future, including to academics.
Pending receipt of the specialist archival advice referred to above Records Branch will continue to accept and assess requests from academics for access to Land Commission Records on a case by case basis.
