Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister's commitment to go outside the military establishment to acquire the necessary expertise, if it is not available internally. This issue has been raised repeatedly and it is important that the staffing level would be increased. Heels are being dragged on the issue of finding a location. I appreciate it can be difficult but it is important that the site should be central, possibly in Dublin, because many people travel from abroad and from around the country to access the archives. Good public transport links should be available in the vicinity of the site. Will the Minister redouble his efforts to find a more suitable location for the archives?

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