Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to the Deputy with a more detailed reply, because the question is valid and I may not be able to answer it fully today. It is intended we will have all records that are held by the State in the repository and any personal testimonies, subject to the consent of the people involved. The National Archives Act already protects documents, as does the Birth Information and Tracing Act, but perhaps that does not cover all the documents to which the Deputy referred, that is, those that are held in private ownership. Perhaps that is what the Deputy is zeroing in on. I ask the Deputy to allow me to look into that and come back to her with a proper answer as soon as I can.

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