Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The website www.irishgenealogy.ieoperates under the auspices of my Department. The national genealogy policy was approved by the Government in December 2012 and my Department has been engaged in its implementation since that time. The aim of the policy is to help bring coherence to the area, particularly for persons with no genealogical research experience. At present, no charges are levied for accessing the information available on the www.irishgenealogy.iewebsite and I have no plans to introduce a fee regime when the GRO records and indexes are made available.

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