Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is quite difficult to access them but they are public records.

The frustrating thing about them is that, being public records, they should be available. The difficulty is that because of what happened in the War of Independence and the Civil War – we had a commemoration last Sunday – a large number of other records are missing. The Land Commission records are probably the most intact records we have, yet they are not publicly available, even to sort through the dusty books or to have them digitised. This makes the job of the witnesses more difficult and expensive. Ultimately, the cost is borne by the families who are trying to get their land registered or to gain access to whatever their inheritance may be.