Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The other issue is newspaper records. I have been looking atThe Brooklyn Eagle, a newspaper that was printed in New York in the 1860s. It is a fantastic resource. The digitalisation of newspaper media is top class in the case of that newspaper. It is hugely important to have all of that data and the copies of all those newspapers dating back probably 200 years. It is a huge potential source of information and knowledge to everybody of Irish extraction around the world, who number in the millions. Notwithstanding the support of businesses, the Government should also step up to the mark in terms of its budget. Is there a budget every year for that?