Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)

Regarding the council of the National Archives of Ireland, I say to Senator Maurice Cummins and confirm that I was delighted that Professor Diarmaid Ferriter after he had resigned from the National Library of Ireland had stayed on in the council of the National Archives of Ireland.

For all those who were appointed to the National Library of Ireland by the previous Minister, former Deputy Mary Hanafin, in August 2010, she pointed out in her letter to them that their appointment was for five years or subject to amalgamations or rationalisations. Those who took on the appointments knew exactly what the terms were.

Capital funding for the National Archives of Ireland rose last year. That was one of my agendas.