Genealogical Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Ceisteanna (529)

John Lahart

Ceist:

529. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the process in which genealogy records are accessed by members of the public; the process of the way records are uploaded onto the main database; if there is selective process in which some details are uploaded and others are not; when she expects all of the work of uploading the details to be complete (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23186/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

The GRO hold the civil records of all births, deaths and marriages which occurred in Ireland. These records extend to 1864 for births and deaths and 1845 for marriages.Genealogical records of births that occurred more than 100 years previously, deaths that occurred more than 50 years previously and marriages that occurred more than 75 years previously are made available online via the irishgealogy.ie website maintained by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

These records are published online and are free to access to the public by the Department.A tranche of records meeting the timing criteria outlined above are made available annually. Death register records for the period 1864 to 1870remain to be uploaded to the website.The GRO is currently finalising this process and it is hoped that it will be fully completed by the end of this year.

I have asked the GRO to address the other matters raised in the correspondence you provided.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.