Mr. Michael Merrigan:

Our society is an educational charity and all our members are ordinary genealogists. Some do professional genealogy and some are members of APGI. There is a great deal of cross-membership among the Irish organisations as the country is small.

With regard to the 1926 census our Bills, which were sponsored by Senator Ó Murchú, are with regard to a small technical amendment which will remove the 1926 census from the 100 year rule. It would then be open to the Minister to introduce regulations on how it is accessed.