Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

What kind of files were withheld? Does the Taoiseach have the number of files that have not been released and to what they relate? I note that, according to a recent newspaper article, the son of Rudolf Hess wrote to the former President, Mr. de Valera, in 1968, asking him to petition for the release of his father from Spandau prison in Berlin. The Taoiseach will be well aware of the story. The Secretary General of the Department of External Affairs, as it was then known, responded by saying that no further action was considered necessary and that the letter should just be acknowledged. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Does the Taoiseach have a list of what else has been released? Is it available in the Oireachtas Library or on the Internet? How does the average person access such information if he or she should so wish?

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