Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The transfer of land and other property comes up in a couple of places in the Bill. The Minister of State has heard about the value of the physical archive, and we will come to the content of the paper archive in a minute. The records are one piece. However, there are things that are not necessarily records. All archival material should be construed within the definition of "property". The particular property which is a great resource to the public and historians, when transferred, should maintain its function. I have not tried to amend the section, but I wish to convey the hope and expectation that the function of that particular property would be maintained in terms of being a public resource in the way that it is.