Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point of order is that the Minister is misleading this House. She has given inaccurate information to this House and its Members. I regard what she is doing as very serious. She did not read the 1997 Act to which I referred. Section 49 of it states that "The Minister may by order declare any document, which is in his or her opinion of national, historical, genealogical or literary interest..." and in that respect a licence would have to be sought from the Minister if she brought this provision into operation. She has said she does not have power to do so. She has the power but she is not implementing the power she has under the 1997 Act.