Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The State must restore trust in its citizens. I welcome the Minister's proposed amendment on Committee Stage regarding the National Archives. I think that is appropriate for this paperwork. As well as the concerns of all those individuals relating to tracing and the appropriate treatment of records, we also need to acknowledge that the State has a duty to be able to amass these and look to this in an appropriate way as part of our collective history. In particular, where records have been inaccurate, it is important they are still transferred and included. I commend that amendment and look forward to it. I look forward to the next Stage of this debate.