Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I am delighted the Minister has agreed to meet the two individuals. This is very welcome and I appreciate his approach to the matter.

There is a 30-year rule on State archives becoming available to the public. Does that rule apply to archival material of this nature in the military? There is a file on the Niemba ambush and some of the details in that file appear to be confidential. We have a 30-year rule for the release of normal State files to the public. Is that the same for military records?

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